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Lieke Palies
Lieke graduated with a MA in Arabic literature, and as it turns out, there were not many positions to be found in this field. After three years of struggling, she simply decided to take control into her own hands and do something a bit more practical. She desperately wanted to leave the Netherlands so she took ITA's TEFL course in Toulouse, France before finding a job teaching English in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
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Teaching English in Al Ain, UAE: Alumni Q&A with Lieke Palies
ITA alum, Lieke Palies, explains her experience teaching English in a traditional Middle Eastern City called Al Ain.
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