{"id":12217,"date":"2025-02-24T15:25:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helloworld-agency.com\/demo\/bridges\/?page_id=12217"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:12:05","slug":"founders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bridges.ma\/fr\/founders\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is behind Bridges?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12217\" class=\"elementor elementor-12217\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2be4b5b overlay-header elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2be4b5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default 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Sidi Ali (yes-like the water, no- not related!) brings his rich background in teaching and IT, along with a deep love for Japan. In fact he is the original founder of the Japanese Circle at Al Akhawayn University!<\/p><p>Meriem grew up in a family deeply rooted in teaching English as a foreign language. Her parents moved from the USA to Morocco several decades ago and became English teachers and trainers.With her background in psychology and her language teacher DNA, creating a language school that prioritizes student well-being felt like a natural path to follow.<\/p><p>Together with an incredible team of passionate teachers and staff, they\u2019ve built Bridges into a vibrant learning community. Not only is Bridges a fantastic place to learn, but it\u2019s also a wonderful place to work\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.helloworld-agency.com\/demo\/bridges\/our-team\/\">just ask our teachers!<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t      \r\n            \r\n              \r\n            \r\n            \t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64f2904\" data-id=\"64f2904\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f65789 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f65789\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bridges.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-11-e1741356530358-505x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14031\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridges.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-11-e1741356530358-505x683.png 505w, https:\/\/bridges.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-11-e1741356530358-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/bridges.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-11-e1741356530358-591x800.png 591w, https:\/\/bridges.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-11-e1741356530358-600x812.png 600w, https:\/\/bridges.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-11-e1741356530358.png 713w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t      \r\n            \r\n              \r\n            \r\n            \t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is behind Bridges? 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