Ilham Najibi

Ilham Najibi knew from an early age that she wanted to be a language teacher. Languages have been her lifelong passion. Throughout middle and high school, Ilham pursued various opportunities to develop her linguistic skills as an educator. She engaged in numerous school-based volunteer activities and spent many summers taking courses to learn new languages, traveling between her hometown of Marrakech, Morocco, and France. Her educational background includes a Bachelor’s Degree in English and French Literature and a Master’s Degree in Linguistics from Cadi Ayyad University.
After mastering five languages, Ilham moved to the UAE in 2012 to begin her journey as a language teacher. Over the past 12 years, she has taught at various International, American, and British schools, gaining extensive knowledge and experience with different curricula. Currently, Ilham is an IGCSE and IB French/Spanish teacher and examiner, as well as a DELF examiner with L’Alliance Française, the French Ministry of Education.
As Frank Smith once said, “One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.” Ilham’s work is rooted in the belief that learning a new language is the key to exploring new cultures and worlds. Her goal is to create academically engaging learning experiences in an environment that fosters creativity, curiosity, diversity, practice, principles, and kindness.
Committed to sharing her passion for teaching languages and being a mother of three young children, Ilham is enthusiastic about working with students of various ages. She has also taken on roles such as Head of Year 9, 10, and 11, and careers advisor for Years 12 and 13.