About us

Olfa is an educational website featuring comprehensive units and lessons, meticulously designed according to the latest approaches in language teaching.

Each lesson includes all the resources a teacher needs, from texts and images to videos, audio recordings, and activities for listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

The lessons are carefully and effectively designed, with well-structured teaching steps that begin with immersive video and listening, followed by vocabulary acquisition, conversation, role-playing, reading and comprehension, and finally, language activities.

The platform includes language proficiency tests based on the American ACTFL framework.

The platform is a high-quality and reliable resource that enables teachers to work according to organized, practical steps that have a direct impact on students, progressing sequentially from one level to the next.

Project Manager: Prof. Dr. Majdoline Al-Nahibi

Academic Track:

Professor of Higher Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco.
Expert Consultant in Education and Training, and Coordinator of Research Projects in the Curriculum Design of Arabic Language Teaching Programs.
Coordinator of International Projects in Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers and in Academic Research in this Field (Morocco, France, the Netherlands, Tunisia, Germany, Spain, the United States, etc.).
Member of Jury Panels for International Competitions on Arabic Language Teaching and Development Projects.
Coordinator of the Master's Program in Designing Arabic Language Teaching Programs and Educational Technology, Faculty of Education Sciences, Mohammed V University.

Areas of Expertise:

Designing Arabic language teaching programs using modern technology.
Training Arabic language teachers in modern methods and curricula and the use of artificial intelligence.
Experience in measuring the performance of educational systems according to modern international standards.
Consulting in the management of education and training projects (support, guidance, and supervision).
Media work (television and radio as an education consultant).

Selected Publications:

- Teaching Arabic to Native Speakers: Theoretical Frameworks and Teaching and Learning Strategies, 2024, Kunooz Al-Ma'rifa Publishing and Distribution, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
- Guide to Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers: Planning, Production, and Assessment, 2019, Kunooz Al-Ma'rifa, Amman, Jordan.
- Teaching Arabic and New Didactic Transposition, 2017, Faculty of Education Sciences Publications, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco.
- Translation of Florian Coulmas' book, Guide to Sociolinguistics, with Professor Khalid Al-Ashhab, published by the Arab Organization for Translation, with support from the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation.
- Introductions to Teaching Foreign Languages and Cultures: The Role of Cultural Universals in Facilitating Learning, Teaching Journal, Issue 11, Faculty of Education Sciences Publications, Mohammed V University, Rabat, 2021.
- Teaching Arabic as a Second Language: Learners and Learning Methods, published in the University Teaching Journal, Issue 12, October 2022.
- Study on the Curriculum in Moroccan General Education, Masarat Center for Research and Studies, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a study for UNESCO, February 2022.
- Study on the Educational Governance System, Masarat Center for Research and Studies, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a study for UNESCO Middle East, 2023.
- Language Teaching in Morocco between Regulatory Texts and the Reality of Educational Practice, Faculty of Education Sciences Publications, 2022.
- Arabic in Moroccan Education: From the National Charter for Education and Training to the Strategic Vision.
- Teaching Arabic in the Arab World: Comparative Studies, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Center for Arabic Language Services, Riyadh.
- Cross-cultural adaptation, translation and Moroccan validation of General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12). International Journal of Chemical and Biochemical Sciences. 2023 (Indexed Scopus).
- The Influence of short Instructional Videos edited by AI on the Development of Comprehension Skills in teaching Modern Standard Arabic to Non-native Speakers, the Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2025. (Indexed Scopus Q 2).

Project Management and Program Membership:

Managed the Reference Guide for Teaching Arabic and Hassaniya Language and Culture to Foreign Missions and Diplomats in the Southern Provinces, Kingdom of Morocco.
Managed the Master's Program in Arabic Language Didactics at the Institut des Hautes Études en Sciences Humaines (IHH) in Paris.
Managed the Arabic Language Teacher Training Program for Non-Native Speakers, University of Nouakchott, Mauritania.
Membership in the Guest of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates.
Participated in the Guest and Dialogue Initiative, United Arab Emirates.
Membership in the Judging Committees of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Arabic Language Award, United Arab Emirates.
Studies for the benefit of the Masarat Center, UNESCO Regional Center for Quality and Excellence, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Training courses in Social Network Analysis, University of Arizona, USA.
Certified Trainer in Academic Writing Workshops, Stony Brook University, New York, and Mohammed V University.
Coordination of training workshops in academic writing and publishing in peer-reviewed and indexed journals, Faculty of Education, Mohammed V University, Rabat.