Speech-Language Pathology in the Middle East, North Africa and West Asia
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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.
West Asian Journal of Speech and Language Pathology (WAJSLP)
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
Middle East & North Africa
West Asian Journal of Speech and Language Pathology
Algeria
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
The Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
Département de Psychologie, Sciences de l'Education et Orthophonie
Annexe of Bouzareah
Rue Djamal Eddine el Afghani
Bouzareah, 16342
Algiers
Algeria
Tel/Fax: 021 943 521
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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
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Professor (Mrs) Nacira ZELLAL
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Bahrain
Mona Mohammed Ahmed M.A.
Speech and Language Pathologist
Ear, Nose and Throat Department
Speech and Audiology Unit
Salmaniyah Medical Complex
P.O Box 12 Manama,
Kingdom of Bahrain
Tel : 00973-17284586
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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
There is currently no SLP/SLT work being undertaken in Comoros of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please Caroline Bowen.
Cyprus
Djibouti
There is currently no SLP/SLT work being undertaken in Djibouti of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please Caroline Bowen.
Egypt
Egyptian Society for Phoniatrics & Logopedics
Prof. Nasser Kotby
11 El Ansary Street
Manshiet El Bakry
ET-1134 Cairo, Egypt
Iran
Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for information about speech therapy in Iran.
Iranian Speech-Language Pathology Association This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Iraq
There is currently no SLP/SLT work being undertaken in Iraq of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please Caroline Bowen.
Israel
Communication Sciences & Disorders - Haifa
Israeli Speech Hearing & Language Association
Israeli Stuttering Association
Within Reach - Online Speech Pathology - Judith Turiel BA Hons Wits (Speech and Hearing Therapy)
Jordan
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
Kuwait
Department of Communication Disorders, College of Life Sciences, University of Kuwait
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Kuwait Center for Autism
254-0179
Ask for: Rawdad Hawally
Speech and Language Pathologist
Phone 00965 66373064
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Lebanon
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
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. from Libya has completed her MSc studies in Speech and Language Therapy at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. She is now working for:
Mauritania
There is currently no SLP/SLT work being undertaken in Mauritania of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please Caroline Bowen.
Morocco
Speech-Language Pathology in Morocco. Orthophonie: Rééducation et Développement au Maroc.
Oman
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Speech-Language Pathologist who works at the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, in the Sultanate of Oman, writes, "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
https://www.birzeit.edu/en/study/programs/audiology-and-speech-therapy
Qatar
Speech-Language Therapy Unit
Hamad Medical Corporation
P.O.Box 3050 Doha, Qatar
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Saudi Arabia
Somalia
There is currently no SLP/SLT work being undertaken in Somalia of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please Caroline Bowen.
Sudan South Sudan
There is currently no SLP/SLT work being undertaken in Sudan or South Sudan of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please Caroline Bowen.
Syria
There is currently no SLP/SLT work being undertaken in Syria of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please Caroline Bowen.
Tunisia
There is currently no SLP/SLT work being undertaken in Tunisia of which we are aware. If you know of any activity that would be helpful to include here please Caroline Bowen.
Turkey
Association of Speech and Language Pathologists (DKBUD)
Karum İş Merkezi, B Asansörü
Kat.4 N. 5 Kavaklıdere
06680 Ankara
Turkey
CONTACT
Dil ve Konusma Terspistleri Dernegi
Turkish Hearing & Speech Rehabilitation Foundation
P.K. 876
Karakoy-Istanbul, Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Emirates Speech Language Pathology Society
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Dubai
Al Noor Training Centre for Handicapped Children
Box 8397
Dubai, UAE
Tel: 971 4 392 088
Fax: 971 4 392 108
American Hospital
OudMetha Road
Dubai, UAE
Speech Therapy
Tel: 971 4 309 6450
Speech-Language Therapists
Dubai Community Health Centre
Dubai, UAE
Phone 00971 4 395 3939
Staff:
Meg Klein
Fatima Nurani
Mandy Summers
Dubai Centre for Special Needs
Box 24921
Dubai, UAE
tel: 971 4 440 966
fax: 971 4 441 861
Gulf Montessori Centre
Dubai, UAE
Tel: 971 4 335 2073
kidsFIRST Medical Center
Villa 1171A, Al Wasl Road
Umm Seqiuem
Dubai, UAE MAP
Tel: +971 4 348 5437
Fax: +971 4 348 5436
Speech-Language Therapists
Vridhi Samtani This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Helen Bowland This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Hannelie Yspeert This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Natalie Sceales This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Rashid Paediatric Therapy Centre
P.O Box 456, Dubai, UAE
Tel: +971 4 340 0005 fax +971 4 340 2662
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"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."
Dubai Autism Center
P.O.Box:103737, Dubai U.A.E.
Tel: +971 4 3986862
Fax: +971 4 3988262
www.dubaiautismcenter.ae
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Staff
Mohammad Fteiha, M.A., SLP- Unit Coordinator
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Ruba El Halabi, M.A., SLP
Ana Slavona Yordana, M.A., SLP
Rabab Abdelwahab, SLP
Sima Hall, MSpPath (LaTrobe), CPSP
Speech and Language Pathologist
Dubai Physiotherapy and Family Medicine Clinic
PH: +971 50 465 9604
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Saleh Shaalan, M.Sc., SLP(C), CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
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The New England Centre for Children-Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates