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  • Hania Hany, a 20-years-old disabled woman, is seen during a training at an inclusive ballet studio for ballerinas with disabilities, to integrate them with girls in a collective training to become ballerinas with a vision of inclusion in Alexandria, Egypt March 8, 2023. REUTERS / Mohamed Abd El Ghany
    Hania Hany, a 20-years-old disabled woman, is seen during a training at an inclusive ballet studio for ballerinas with disabilities, to integrate them with girls in a collective training to become ballerinas with a vision of inclusion in Alexandria, Egypt March 8, 2023. REUTERS / Mohamed Abd El Ghany
  • Haidy Samir is the ballet instructor who came up with the vision of inclusion
    Haidy Samir is the ballet instructor who came up with the vision of inclusion
  • She said: 'I got the idea when my colleague's sister with disabilities wanted to dance ballet but there were no available studios for her'
    She said: 'I got the idea when my colleague's sister with disabilities wanted to dance ballet but there were no available studios for her'
  • 'So I started to train girls with disabilities in ballet'
    'So I started to train girls with disabilities in ballet'
  • 'When they learn I integrate them with others who don’t have disabilities'
    'When they learn I integrate them with others who don’t have disabilities'
  • Haidy added: 'It could take some time for them but when they learn, they dance very well'
    Haidy added: 'It could take some time for them but when they learn, they dance very well'
  • 'There becomes no difference between them and the rest of the girls at all'
    'There becomes no difference between them and the rest of the girls at all'
  • Noha Wasfy, a 27-year-old instructor, leads a class
    Noha Wasfy, a 27-year-old instructor, leads a class
  • Hania Hany and Dina Tarek share a laugh at the ballet school
    Hania Hany and Dina Tarek share a laugh at the ballet school
  • Nesma Mohamed, 13, at training
    Nesma Mohamed, 13, at training

Inclusive ballerina group trains in Alexandria - in pictures

The school in Egypt teaches teenage girls how to dance

The National

March 10, 2023

Updated: March 10, 2023, 12:35 PM