Tala Herzallah is a translator, writer, and English language trainer. She has been working since her second year at university. She is now a senior at Islamic University of Gaza, majoring in English literature with a minor in translation. 2024 was supposed to be her last year. “I was full of ambition, power and patience to grow my future with success,” she says.

Tala was one of Dr. Alareer’s many students. She says, “Dr. Refaat was and will stay forever one of my inspirations.”