Dr. Mohamed Amira has joined St. Louis U. High Department of Modern and Classical Languages as an in-person instructor for the 2022-23 school year. While Amira taught at SLUH during the 2021-22 school year, it had been entirely via Zoom. Both Amira and the SLUH community are excited to have him in the building full-time this year, and, according to Amira, his transition to SLUH has been smooth.

 Amira has been teaching for 16 years, including in his last position as the director of the Arabic program at Ohio University for three years. Amira started teaching at SLUH last year, and has stayed because of his relationship with the students and faculty.

“I liked the students and I felt there was a strong connection between us,” said Amira. “At the same time, I felt the administration wanted me to come so I was so happy when I knew I could be here in person.”

Amira is a native speaker of Arabic having grown up in Egypt and lived in Saudi Arabia for a time as well. 

Amira’s students of all levels enjoy having him as their teacher, likely because of his student-centered style of teaching. 

“Dr. Amira is just a great person,” said senior George Keyrouz. “He is very approachable and always wants to help his students.”

Arabic can be a tough language to study, but Amira’s students say that he makes it easy for them to pick it up. Further, Amira has been known to tie his experiences in Egypt into his lessons to give a unique perspective on the culture surrounding the language.

Amira, already making his mark on the SLUH community, was also involved in the Jesuit Global Activism Leadership Summit over the summer.