Co-founder of NaTakallam, INSEAD ISEP Graduate
Aline Sara is co-founder of NaTakallam – meaning ‘We Speak’ in Arabic – which disrupts the conventional approach to humanitarian aid by enabling refugees and conflict-affected individuals to earn an income online as language tutors, teachers and translators. Keen to improve her Arabic and address the acute needs of Syrian refugees in her home country of Lebanon, Sara founded NaTakallam in 2015. Her social enterprise has since enabled forcibly displaced and conflict affected individuals to self-generate nearly US $4 million, connecting them with 16,000+ learners and hundreds of organizations and academic institutions worldwide. Language lessons and translation services are provided in seven Arabic dialects, Armenian, English, French, Kurdish, Persian, Russian, and Spanish. The enterprise also hosts cultural exchange sessions. A Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow, MIT Solver and a Halcyon Fellow, INSEAD ISEP graduate, Sara has a background in journalism.
