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Speech-Language Pathology
in the
Middle East and North Africa
 

Countries
The geographical term Middle East refers collectively to Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, and the states and emirates along the southern and eastern fringes of the Arabian Peninsula, namely, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. 

Not all of the countries in the Middle East are Arabic. Countries in the Middle East such as Cyprus, Iran, Israel, and Turkey, are not Arabic. They represent unique cultures and different language groups. 

As well, there are Arab countries that are not geographically part of the Middle East, but which are integral parts of the Arab World: Sudan and Djibouti in East Africa; and Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania in North Africa.

More than 200 million Arabs are spread through 21 countries. The Arabic language is the main symbol of cultural unity among these people.

 

 
Middle East
 

 
Middle East and North Africa
 

 
Unicef
Middle East & North Africa
 

 
About this page
In August of 2000 I set out to make a directory of Speech Language Pathology institutions and contacts in
Asia, and it has slowly developed into quite a useful resource. What you see here is the beginning of a similar reference page (started in March 2002) for the Middle East and North Africa. If you can help by providing information, addresses and web sites I would be very grateful. Caroline Bowen
 

 
Algeria ag   
Société Algérienne d’orthophonie
Algerian Society of speech-language therapy
lotissement Ennadjah I, Villa N° 73
Dely Ibrahim, 16320
Algiers
Algeria
Tel: 021 938 201


University of Algiers FRENCH  ENGLISH
The Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
Département de Psychologie, Sciences de l'Education et Orthophonie.FRENCH ENGLISH
Annexe of Bouzareah
Rue Djamal Eddine el Afghani
Bouzareah, 16342
Algiers
Algeria
Tel/Fax: 021 943 521

contact@univ-alger.dz

Clinique des pathologies du langage et des psychopathologies
Clinic of language disorders and psychopathologies
Annexe of Bouzareah
Rue Djamal Eddine el Afghani, Bouzareah, 16342
Algiers
Algeria
Tel:020 398 679 and 021 379 931
Fax : 021 379 931
laboshancom@yahoo.fr
Professor (Mrs) Nacira ZELLAL
nacirazellal@yahoo.fr


Bahrain ba
Salmaniya Medical Complex PDF

 

Mona Mohammed , M.A
Speech and Language Pathologist,

Ear, Nose and Throat Department,

Speech and Audio logy unit,

Salmanyah Medical Complex,

P.O Box 12,

Manama,

Kingdom of Bahrain.

Tel : 00973-17288888  ext 6209

Fax: 00973-17279767

Email :mona5050@hotmail.com and mona.slp@gmail.com

Amani Saleh, MSc
Speech-Language Therapist
Ibn Al Nafees Hospital
P.O.Box: 54533, Manama
Bahrain
Bldg: 63, Road 3302, Manama:333; 
TEL.: +973 17828282, +973 17828230
FAX: +973 17828232)


Comoros cn

Cyprus cy
Cyprus Speech Language Pathology Association       
CASPL
6-8, Terra Santa St 
2001 Strovolos
Tel: 357/ 2 313470 - Fax: 357/ 2 490 726
http://www.speechtherapy.com.cy/  
kdg@cytanet.com.cy

Djibouti dj

Egypt eg
Mrs Suzanne Mubarak   
Islamic Women in Science 
Right to Live Association  

Egyptian Society for Phoniatrics & Logopedics
Prof. Nasser Kotby
11 El Ansary Street
Manshiet El Bakry
ET-1134 Cairo, Egypt


Iran ir
Yavar Dehghani 
Conference on ageing 1999 
Contact
S. Mohsen Banihashemi for information about speech therapy in Iran.

Iraq iz

Israel is
Communication Sciences & Disorders - Haifa  http://hw.haifa.ac.il/ 
Israeli Speech Hearing & Language Association (ISHLA)
Israeli Stuttering Association 
Jerusalem
Naama Friedmann PhD  

Jordan jo
American Middle East University - Amman 
Speech Pathology and Audiology
School of Paramedical Sciences
Enquiries: 
Prof Seif al-Wady Romahi
Co-Founder of the University
American Middle East University
PO Box 35087
Amman
Jordan
551-3274
fax 552-8328

Centre for Phonetics Research 
University of Jordan

Jordan University of Science and Technology (J.U.S.T.)
BSc in Audiology and Speech Pathology


Kuwait ku
Kuwait Center for Autism
254-0179
Ask for: Rawdad Hawally
 
Dasman Model School
Speech and Language Department
Kuwait City Sharaq Square
Contact Mr Ahmed Al-Bustanji, BSc (SLP and Audiology)
Speech and Language Pathologist
Phone  00965 66373064

ahmedbustanji@hotmail.com

Lebanon le
There are two university courses in Speech-Language Pathology in Lebanon and a newly formed professional association. SLPs work in diverse settings and are usually trilingual in Arabic, French and English. Thank you Dareen Fares for this information provided in August 2004.

Libya ly
Nada Kara from Libya has completed her MSc studies in Speech and Language Therapy at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. She is now working for:
 
The Libyan Jordanian Centre for Hearing Care and Speech and Language Therapy
PO Box 80516
Tripoli, Libya
 
Tel and Fax:  00218 21 3600081

Mauritania mr

Morocco mo

Oman mu
My correspondent Ibtisam Al-Wardi, Speech-Language Pathologist who works at the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, in the Sultanate of Oman, informs me, "I am a speech and language pathologist from Oman. It's a very new field here but starting to emerge in the last 5 years. We have about 7 or eight Omani SLPs, beside lots of other SLPs who aren't Omanis. Omani SLPs are mainly covering hospitals, others covering special needs schools and mainstream schools, while others are moving towards giving private services."

Palestine ps
Center for Speech & Hearing Therapy
Palestinian Sign Language
Profile of the Palestine Red Crescent Society

Qatar qa
Speech-Language Therapy Unit
Hamad Medical Corporation
P.O.Box 3050 Doha, Qatar
speech@hmc.org.qa

Saudi Arabia sa
JISH Home Page  
SSPAA (Saudi Arabia)  

Somalia so

Sudan su
Khartoum Cheshire Home 

Syria sy

Tunisia ts

Turkey tu
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SLP PROFESSION IN TURKEY

Association of Speech and Language Pathologists (DKBUD)
Karum İş Merkezi, B Asansörü
Kat.4 N. 5 Kavaklıdere
06680 Ankara
Turkey
Tel: +90-312-4685700
Fax: +90-312-4685702
www.dkbud.org
info@dkbud.org
 

Turkish Hearing & Speech Rehabilitation Foundation
P.K. 876
Karakoy-Istanbul, Turkey


United Arab Emirates ae

Dubai
Al Noor Training Centre for Handicapped Children
Box 8397 
Dubai, UAE
tel: 971 4 392 088
fax: 971 4 392 108

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Dubai Community Health Centre
Dubai, UAE
Phone 00971 4 395 3939
Staff:
Meg Klein
Fatima Nurani
Mandy Summers

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Dubai Centre for Special Needs
Box 24921
Dubai, UAE
tel: 971 4 440 966
fax: 971 4 441 861

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Gulf Montessori Centre
Dubai, UAE
Tel: 971 4 335 2073

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Kids First
Tel 04 348 5437

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Rashid Paediatric Therapy Centre
P.O Box 456, Dubai, UAE
00971 4 340 0005 fax 00971 4 340 2662
rashidce@emirates.net.ae
"We offer speech-language therapy in both English and Arabic. We operate as a school for children with special needs in the mornings and offer out-patient appointments to the wider paediatric community in the afternoons. We have a strong early intervention programme. We operate on the northern hemisphere school calendar year and have school holidays. We are closed for all of July and August."

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Dubai Autism Center
P.O.Box:103737, Dubai-U.A.E.
Tel: +971 4 3986862
Fax: +971 4 3988262
www.dubaiautismcenter.ae  
info@dubaiautismcenter.ae
 
Staff
Mohammad Fteiha, M.A., SLP- Unit Coordinator
Fteiha@dubaiautismcenter.ae
Ruba El Halabi, M.A., SLP 
Ana Slavona Yordana, M.A., SLP 
Rabab Abdelwahab, SLP

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Sima Hall, MSpPath (LaTrobe), CPSP
Speech and Language Pathologist
Dubai Physiotherapy and Family Medicine Clinic
PH: +971 50 465 9604
sima@speechpathologist.org

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Saleh Shaalan, M.Sc., SLP(C), CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
The New England Centre for Children-Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates

 


Yemen ym
Ieman Hashem Anqad

 
Links
Speech-Language Pathology in East Africa
Speech-Language Pathology in South Africa
Speech-Language Pathology in West Africa
Web Resources for African Languages
 
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