Meet Egypt’s first female deaf dentist

Esraa El Bably is an Egyptian girl who was born deaf. Despite the discrimination and the difficulties she had faced in the Egyptian society, she was able to make her dream come true and become Egypt’s first deaf dentist.

As a child, Esraa did not want to attend a school for the disabled so she applied for many mainstream schools in Egypt but was rejected from all of them. Her mother saw her potential and eagerness to learn and took her to Bahrain for her education.

 Esraa aspired to become a dentist but on her return to Egypt, she faced another challenge. She was turned away by all dental schools except for one which accepted her.

Esraa is currently working professionally and successfully in a dental office and her patients say that she is a great dentist and that they feel comfortable dealing with her. “We’re all different, we all have our own weaknesses. But, weaknesses can be turned to strength. As long as you are storng, and you don’t care what others think, the whole universe will bend in front of you” Esraa said.

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