Education · Social Impact & Development
Nabeela Tabassum
Teacher | Hijama Practitioner | Herbalist
Independent practice
Biography
Nabeela Tabassum is an educator, teacher trainer and community welfare advocate based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She works independently as a teacher, Hijama practitioner and herbalist. She says she currently practises Hijama privately and on a voluntary basis for family, friends and women in need, and hopes to establish her own Hijama centre after obtaining a licence. She reports receiving Hijama certifications in the UK and UAE.
Her teaching experience includes English language teaching, academic coordination, teacher development and shadow teaching in support of autistic learners. She has served as an ambassador in Saudi Arabia for the Pakistan Alliance for Girls’ Education (PAGE) and was President of READ Pakistan’s Riyadh Region. She is no longer affiliated with READ Pakistan.
Her voluntary community work spans more than two decades of supporting widows and orphans, coordinating charitable support groups, and helping arrange marriages for widows, people with disabilities and women with limited resources, including weddings without dowry. She reports helping complete nine water wells in rural Pakistan. She also offers free online spoken Arabic lessons, has taught English and Urdu to women staff at Masjid al Nabawi in Madinah, supports a street school in Karachi and a reading programme for visually impaired students in Peshawar, and organises community donations of food, clothing, books and other essentials. Her guiding belief is that women of every age and background can make meaningful contributions through volunteer service and sharing their skills.
Areas of expertise
- English language teaching and teacher development
- Academic coordination and shadow teaching
- Educational inclusion and learner support
- Community welfare and humanitarian initiatives
- Hijama and Tibb al Nabawi herbalism
- Rural water access projects
Key achievements
- Awarded Best English Teacher of Riyadh by the Saudi Ministry of Education (author supplied).
- Completed nine water wells in rural Pakistan through well boring projects (author supplied).
- Former Ambassador for PAGE in Saudi Arabia and former President of READ Pakistan’s Riyadh Region; not currently affiliated with READ Pakistan.
- Runs charitable and mutual-aid groups supporting widows, orphans, families and people with disabilities, including accessible matchmaking and weddings without dowry.
- Provides free spoken Arabic lessons online and reports language teaching for female mosque staff in Madinah.
- Supports educational access through a Karachi street school and reading activities with the Government Institute for Visually Impaired Children in Peshawar.
Engagement interests
In person in Saudi Arabia · Online / Virtual · International
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