About Durusi — tutoring in Dubai & Abu Dhabi
Built by students, for students. Durusi started in Dubai in 2023 on one observation: the best person to teach a struggling student is often someone who sat the same exam a few years ago.
Why we exist
Private tutoring in the UAE ran on word of mouth and guesswork. We built something a family can actually check.
Our name
Durusi means “my lessons” in Arabic. The lessons belong to the student, and the name says so in the language families here speak at home.
The problem we saw
Finding a private tutor in Dubai shouldn’t mean scrolling endless WhatsApp groups and taking a chance on an unverified stranger.
What we built instead
A UAE-registered business — TRN 105044055900003 — mentors we vet and match by hand, and a progress note sent to you after every lesson.
From one student to a hundred mentors
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2023
The first lessons
We began matching school students in Dubai with high-achieving university mentors. No office, no ads, just results that parents talked about.
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2024
Word of mouth took over
Almost every new family arrived through a referral. We grew across Dubai and Abu Dhabi and built a network of 150+ vetted mentors from the UAE’s leading universities.
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Today
A mentorship standard
Progress notes after every lesson, and mentors hand-picked for each child. The way private tutoring should have worked all along.
What we believe
Three principles we never compromise on.
Fit beats credentials
A mentor your child connects with will outperform a stranger with a longer CV. We match personality first, subject mastery a very close second.
Parents deserve visibility
You should never wonder what you’re paying for. Every lesson ends with a progress note sent straight to you.
Results, fast
Most students see a real difference within weeks. If something isn’t working, we change the plan or change the mentor, free.
Meet the mentor your child deserves
Hand-matched, and no minimum on Flexible.
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