Abeer M. Abdel Salam Zahana

Abeer Mohamed Abdel Salam Zahana, of Egyptian nationality, born in Algeria on June 15, 1973, is Full Professor at the Department of Spanish Language and Literature - Faculty of Arts - Cairo University.

- Former Acting Dean of Faculty of Arts - Cairo University (2022 - 2023).

- Former Vice-Dean of Posgraduate Studies and Scientific Research (2020 - 2023).

- Former Coordinator of Credit Hour Program - Faculty of Arts - Cairo University (2019 - 2020).

- Former Head of the Department of Hispanic Language and Literature and General Coordinator of the Credit Hours Program, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University (2017 - 2020).

- She obtained the bachelor’s degree homologated to the Spanish bachelor's degree in Hispanic Philology, 2002.     

- She graduated from the Department of Hispanic Language and Literature of Cairo University in 1995.     

- She obtained the degree of Doctor in the area of ​​Applied Linguistics: teaching of second ​​and foreign languages ​​in the Department of Spanish Philology I of the Complutense University of Madrid in 2002.

- She was Cultural Attaché of the Egyptian Embassy in Spain, 2008-2011.

- She participated in several congresses and has several publications in the area of ​​glossodidactics of Spanish as a foreign language, as well as translations from Spanish to Arabic and vice versa.

- She has been coordinator of the Preparatory Action titled: "Theoretical basis and establishment of criteria for the development of a Spanish-Arabic pragmatic dictionary" funded by the AECID and carried out between the University of Rovira i Virgili and Cairo University (2011- 2012).

- She has been a member of the Integrated Action titled: “Creation of standardized exams according to the CEFR, Arabic as a foreign language and Spanish for Tourism”, carried out between the universities of Cairo and the European University of Madrid (2011-2013).

- She been a member of the Mediterranean team, Interuniversity Cooperation and Scientific Research Program between Spain and Egypt (PCI-Mediterranean) with integrated action: "Design and Realization of an Electronic Teaching Program (Interactive), in accordance with the International Quality Standards, to Teach Spanish Language, Literature, Communication and Culture to Egyptian Students" (2008-2011).

- She has been Principal Investigator of Cairo University in the Project titled Innovation and Development in Spanish as a Foreign Language (IDELE) - (530459-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-ES-TEMPUS-JPCR), 2012-2015.

- She is coordinator (Principal Investigator of Cairo University) in the Project titled Towards Excellence in Applied Linguistics. Innovative Second Language Education in Egypt (XCELING) - (KA2 Erasmus + Capacity Building), since 2017.

- She is an external evaluator of the proposals presented within the Call for Research Projects with Internal Financing convened by the European University of Madrid since 2009.

-She has been a member of the PCI commission (International Cooperation Projects) 2009 and 2010. AECID, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spain.