Samia Belyazid

Samia Belyazid

Samia Belyazid is our Honorary President at Idmaj. She taught for thirty years at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (FLSHR) at Mohammed V University, as well as in other places including The American Language Center, the UNICEF as well as Royal Air Maroc (RAM). Samia earned several grants for study abroad including Fulbright. She obtained two MA degrees : the first one in English literature, translation and English for specific purposes (ESP) from the university of Angers, France (1981). Then, she got a MATESL from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (1996). She also presented in several conferences in Morocco and the USA and published several papers in Applied Linguistics, TEFL, the University Reform as well as Women and violence in Morocco. Throughout her career, Samia has been affiliated to several NGOs including UNICEF, MATE (The Moroccan Association of Teachers of English), UAF (L’Union de l’Action Féminine), and the MFAA (The Moroccan Fulbright Alumni Association).