Dr. Zainab Ali Iddi is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the Department of Foreign Languages, School of Kiswahili and  Foreign Languages. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education from the State University of Zanzibar, a Master’s degree in Linguistics from the University of Dar es Salaam, and a PhD in Linguistics and  Language Literature, focusing on Swahili dialects. Apart from teaching, she  supervises research students at various levels and has conducted research on  Swahili language, and linguistics in general. She has also served as Head of the  Department of Kiswahili for Foreigners. Currently, Dr. Zainab is the Chairperson of  the Academic Staff Association at the State University of Zanzibar (SUZAASA).