She always shines with us

And she always shines with us
Professor Safaa Abdel Aziz
They say she is the cornerstone of quality in education
and they say the credit for teachers' professional development is hers
and I say they are right
One fine day, while we were training on education quality standards
they whispered to me
In Cairo, Seventh District, Mahmoud El-Meliguy Street, you will find your dream
I said, how?
They said: the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education
I said, and what is there? They said: Dr Safaa Abdel Aziz
Google was miserly with information about her, so I searched a great deal and I asked
The Nile would gather those who love it in the basket of quality, and out of the grains of glory it would shape those who thirst for knowledge and set them all before her, for she is the one who adds and who shapes, out of her own knowledge, what turns stone into diamond
A friend whispered to me: in her presence, do not talk much. I did not believe him, and when we met her at the review teams' meeting I found her listening, attentive and teaching. I said: my friend was wrong
And when I talk with our colleague Mohamed Hamed, head of the training department in Samannoud, I tell him: listen, I am a graduate of Dr Safaa Abdel Aziz's school of training. He laughs and falls silent, and he knows that I come from the school of the teacher of generations, the woman who left her mark on teachers' professional development
Dr Safaa Abdel Aziz brings delight to training, and together we all make up that giant school with its three pillars (Safaa Abdel Aziz, Reda Hegazy and Salah El-Kharashy) …great figures who made history. One hardly knows what to write about Dr Safaa Abdel Aziz, how to gather everything she gave and added, or how to write about what the giant Dr Reda Hegazy achieved …giants who built a glory that generations will inherit.
One fine day, at a conference at Zagazig University, I looked for Dr Safaa Abdel Aziz in the lines written by her students and on the shelves of the faculty library …and I found what anyone who cares about educating our coming generations longs for …she works magic in educational innovation

When she speaks you will not find a single word of nonsense, nor a single word missing …she is deeply committed to the future of education
She is a school of educational thought in her own right …
She taught us with a sense of national purpose that today's generations, overtaken by technology, long for

One fine day I found her at a conference talking with a robot - she is always ahead … and I will not hide it from you: years later I found the robot talking, and I was afraid to go near it.

I used to envy the achievements of my colleagues from Alexandria and Minya, who worked with her for years, learned and excelled … you will find no finer quality experts than those in Minya and Alexandria, and the great credit for that goes to our own Dr Safaa Abdel Aziz

By God, hers is a renewed voice in education; she always shines with us
Prof. Safaa Abdel Aziz