Inclusive ballerina group trains in Alexandria - in pictures

The school in Egypt teaches teenage girls how to dance

Hania Hany, a 20-years-old disabled woman, is seen during a training at an inclusive ballet studio for ballerinas with disabilities, to integrate them with girls in a collective training to become ballerinas with a vision of inclusion in Alexandria, Egypt March 8, 2023. REUTERS / Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Haidy Samir is the ballet instructor who came up with the vision of inclusion

She said: 'I got the idea when my colleague's sister with disabilities wanted to dance ballet but there were no available studios for her'

'So I started to train girls with disabilities in ballet'

'When they learn I integrate them with others who don’t have disabilities'

Haidy added: 'It could take some time for them but when they learn, they dance very well'

'There becomes no difference between them and the rest of the girls at all'

Noha Wasfy, a 27-year-old instructor, leads a class

Hania Hany and Dina Tarek share a laugh at the ballet school

Nesma Mohamed, 13, at training

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