Rahel Halabe is a designer, developer, and instructor of both Biblical and Modern Hebrew curricula with more than 20 years of experience. She has applied her methods to creating and teaching courses at the Vancouver School of Theology, the University of British Columbia (UBC), and the Vancouver Mini Ulpan. Rahel Halabe holds a B.A. in Modern Arabic Literature from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (HUJ), and is a published Hebrew translator of nine works of Modern Arabic literature. She also earned diplomas from HUJ in Second Language Teaching and in Translation, as well as an MEd. from the Department of Language and Literacy at UBC.