Samar Kadri Shibi is from Jerusalem. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English studies and Hebrew linguistics from Tel-Aviv University and a master’s degree in gender and diversity from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has several years of teaching experience in public schools, as well as experience in a bilingual educational setting, working with students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

Samar is committed to language education and intercultural exchange and believes that learning languages creates meaningful connections between people and communities. As an Arabic Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin, she looks forward to sharing Arabic language and culture while learning from new perspectives and educational experiences that foster dialogue, mutual understanding, and lifelong learning.