Dr Madeleine R.

Maryam is a fantastic Farsi teacher whose lessons I recommend to anyone wanting to get to know this beautiful language. Maryam is not only incredibly well informed about the Farsi language and Persian culture; she is also a meticulous, friendly and enormously patient teacher. She tailors lessons to the needs of each individual student. In my case, this has meant that she has transliterated Persian songs to help me learn better; she has found articles about Tajikistan for us to translate to help relate my language study to my research needs; and she has found ingenious techniques to help me learn the arabic script. After several months of self-study, I feel that my Farsi has moved on leaps and bounds from taking lessons with Maryam.