Levantine Institute of Tripoli

The Levantine Institute of Tripoli (part of Sham Development) was created in January 2017 in response to a growing need for well-structured and intensive Arabic language courses in a less westernized environment than Beirut.

The purpose of the institute is to also provide displaced/disadvantaged children with free tutorials with well educated foreign students :

Out of the 500,000 Syrian children in Lebanon, only 150 000 are enrolled in public schools. A large number of these children are dropping out of the system as they are facing major difficulties with the French and English language. As a matter of fact, the Lebanese school curriculum has half of its content in French or English while in Syria everything was in Arabic which makes it very challenging for these children (More info in the Community engagement section).

The Institute, set in Tripoli's oldest neighborhood, Zehrieh, has the advantage of combining high quality educational programs with an immersive cultural experience