Yara Zidan is an English 0210 instructor at the English Language Institute (ELI), The American University in Cairo (AUC). She received her BA in English Literature and Arts and her MA in Applied linguistics from Cairo University, and she is currently completing a PhD in Applied Linguistics at Cairo University with a specialization in Forensic Linguistics. Besides AUC, Zidan taught a wide range of academic English courses at several private universities, including the German University in Cairo, Ahram Canadian University, and Nile University. She also taught Linguistics courses and English for Research Purposes courses at the School of Languages, MSA University. Besides teaching, she became a Fulbright alumna in 2019 by joining the Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.