Nayera Essam, the first student with Down Syndrome at the Academy of Arts

Nayera Essam, 18 years old, is the first student with Down Syndrome at the Academy of Arts
Nayera is a flute player at the Conservatoire Higher Institute of Music. She participated in “Differently Abled” concert in 2019, and participated in a theatrical performance on the Peace Theater, and she also participated in the International Peace Festival in Morocco.
Nayera is also a champion in swimming and horse riding; She won the silver medal in the Republic Swimming Championships for People of Determination in 2017. She also won first place and won two gold medals in 2018 in the UAE Special Olympics.
In 2020, Nayera won two silver medals in swimming in the Egyptian Cup for People with Special Needs, and in the same year, she won two bronze medals in the Republic Championship for people with special needs.
In the field of equestrianism, Nayera won second place and two silver medals at the 2019 World Equestrian Championships in the UAE, and she also won third place in the 2019 Republic Equestrian Championship of the Egyptian Federation for People with Special needs.