Literacy Challenge
Iqbal ElSamaloty

Iqbal ElSamaloty

Secretary General of the Arab Network for Literacy and Adult Education

Iqbal ESamaloty is currently Professor of Planning and Development and formerly the Dean at the Higher Institute of Social Work.

She also holds the esteemed position of Secretary General of the Arab Network for Literacy and Adult Education, in which she has widely spoken about the Privacy of the Arab World and significance of literacy, especially for women. She is also the Chairman of the “Future Eve” Association.

Professor Iqbal has authored the curricula and methodology entitled “Women and Life.” Women and Life is the first curriculum of its kind that specializes in Educating Illiterate Women in the Arab World. UNESCO digitized the approach and the curriculum and successfully deployed it the neediest areas in Egypt.