About Us
Arab Heritage Learning / AHL / “أهل” is Arabic for “people.”
Arab Heritage Learning is dedicated to a holistic multilingual content-based education on the arts and cultures from the Middle East and North Africa. AHL / أهل draws on interdisciplinary cross-subject learning which highlights the heritage of Arab cultures.
Samia Touati, PhD
Founder, President, World Language-Culture Educator, Culinary Artist
Dr. Samia Touati is a Middle Eastern and North African Cultures Educator and Waldorf world language teacher. Bringing her five years of museum experience, and over eleven years of teaching international communities in Morocco, Japan, Qatar, and America, courses on Middle East North Africa cultures, culinary arts, world languages Standard Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, French, and English.
Passionate about sharing her training and travel experiences, Samia seeks to foster understanding to the triangle community about intercultural learning, dedicated to Arab heritage conservation, and creating bridges between the East-West.
William Matthew Dietz, M.A.
Vice President, English Instructor, Editor
William has more than 25 years of experience teaching English language, English for Academic Purposes, and English academic writing to international students in Japan, Morocco, and the Middle East. He holds degrees in philosophy and education, and is an experienced editor of academic texts.
Samia and her husband Karim William are world-traveling educators who love to share their experiences from their international teaching, trips, and living in Asian, Middle Eastern, and North African countries while creating cultural bridges between the East and West. They are parents of three wonderful daughters, two high schoolers and one college student.
Connecting Communities through Immersive Experiences
“Learning a language or a dialect is not an end in itself, it is a means to an end. Language Immersion offers a fun hands-on learning experience, fosters intercultural understanding, and creates bridges between cultures.
The art of language learning is like fruit with seeds, save its seeds to plant them as marks of your footprints, these are the traits of a successful learner, sage, and trustworthy for future generations.”
Samia Touati