STORY: Emphasis: (Basma Mohammed Mahmoud, Dancer) “I want to be a famous ballerina."

Location: Alexandria, Egypt

Ballet studio Arts Studio Academy trains young girls with disabilities

in a collective training alongside other ballet dancers

(Haidy Samir, Ballet instructor) “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, and when they learn I integrate them with others who don’t have disabilities. It could take some time for them but when they learn, they dance very well and there becomes no difference between them and the rest of the girls at all.”