Rasha El Hawari

Dr. Rasha El Hawari is a Senior Lecturer of Arabic and Coordinator of the Semitic Languages Program at Concordia University. She has been affiliated with Concordia for over a decade and has prior teaching experience in Arabic and English at Alexandria University, Egypt. Her academic background includes a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Alexandria University, an MA in English Language Teaching from Warwick University, UK, and a Diploma in Applied Linguistics from Alexandria University.

• PhD, Applied Linguistics (Alexandria University)
• MA, English Language Teaching (Warwick University)
• Diploma in Applied Linguistics (Alexandria University)

Her research focuses on second language acquisition, Arabic as a heritage language, and the intersection of language and cultural identity. She specializes in methodologies for teaching Arabic as a foreign language and has contributed to pedagogical frameworks in this field.