The Expert earned his Ph.D. from Cambridge University and currently holds the position of Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Social Science at Qatar University. Prior to this, he has undertaken a series of significant roles, including:
- Head of Research Unit and Associate Professor of Social Sciences at CAS, Dhofar University, Salalah, Oman, from 2019 to 2022.
- Director of the Language Centre & International Relations at Madaba University from 2018 to 2019.
- Visiting Faculty and Head of Future Forum at Ajman University, UAE, during 2017-2018.
- Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at AUC, Cairo, Egypt, from 2010 to 2017.
- Assistant Professor at United Arab Emirates University, UAE, spanning from 2004 to 2010.
- Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Dickinson College, PA, during 2003-2004.
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Arabic at NYU, NYC, from 2002 to 2003.
- Adjunct Professor of Arabic at Columbia University in NYC in 1999-2000.
The Expert possesses expert knowledge concerning social, political, and economic issues within the UAE and the Middle East regions.
He has published extensively on Egypt, Jordan, etc.,
2023 “Motivations of Volunteers in Jordan: An Exploratory Study on College Students in Contexts of their Social Relations.” Baghdad: Journal of Educational & Psychological Research 79(20):1-21.
2021“Tourism, Sustainable Development & the Oman Vision 2040.Cairo: The Egyptian Journal for Planning & Development. Vol. 29(2):115-166.
2019 Review of the Arabic Translation of Secular Translations, Prof. Talal Asad 2019. New York: Columbia University Press
2014 The Moral Discourse on Health in Modern Cairo: Persons Bodies and Organs: Persons, Bodies and Organs. New York: Lexington Books.
2010 "Body Perceptions in Contexts of Plurality and Hybridity: An Exploratory Study of Al- Buraimi, Oman." Sephis: The South-South Exchange Program for Research on the History of Development. Vol. 61:6-23.
2007 “After the Body: Debating the Legal and Moral Aspects of Organ Transplantation in Egypt.” Postscripts. Vol. 31:77-96.
2000 “Al-Dhaght: Pressures of Modern Life in Cairo.” Pp. 203-229 in Cynthia Nelson and Shahnaz Rouse (eds.) Situating Globalization: Views from Egypt. Beilefeld: Transcript Verlag.
1999 “On Medical Anthropology, Research and Research Priorities: Notes from Cairo.” Pp. 63-79 in Seteney Shami and Linda Herrera eds. Social Science in Egypt: Emerging Voices. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press.
1993 La médecine, la santé, et les études en sciences sociales dans le monde Arabe: essai de synthèse des travaux existants. In Médecine and protection sociale dans le monde Arabe. Brigitte Curmi et Sylvia Chiffoleau eds.. Paris: Institute Français de Recherche Scientifique en cooperation par le développement.
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
2020 Secret of Success in Jordanian Society. A short essay published by Ram New Agency
2017
2014 The Egyptian Cinema and the Revolutionary Consciousness. Wakalat Rum, Jordan in Arabic.
2013 “On the Aura of the State, or its Failures and a Looming Demise? Jadaliya.” http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/contributors/24416.
2012 “Islam, the Media and Why an MP’s Career Took a Nose Dive.” A Short Essay published at al-Ahramonline.com
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP//4/36268/Opinion/Islam,-the-me…- MPs-career-took-a-nose.aspx
2011 “The Arab Spring: A Wishful Thinking?” Jadaliya
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1807/
PAPERS PRESENTED TO CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
2023 Presented a paper in workshop on Fashion: Psychological and Anthropological Aspects. Dept. of Social Sciences. Qatar University.
May 2020 Moderator of Webinar on Medical Social Work run by Dhofar University (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bN085DeYXE&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwA…)
25-26 April 2018 Co-organizer, reviewer of papers and head of the Committee Media and Publicity for the Second International Conference of the Department of the Sociology and Social Work “Problematics of Social Sciences in a Changing World” sponsored, organized and held at Ajman University.
May 2017 A Public lecture on the notion of Liberal Arts Education titled “A Necessary Luxury: Liberal Arts Education in the Arab Region. Organized by the School of Continuing Education of the American University in Cairo.
November 2016 Vaccination as a Subjective Experience: Notes on Vaccination Among Mothers in Cairo. A paper presented to the 115th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association 16-20 November 2016, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
July 2016 “Vaccination and Reproduction Health: Notes from the Field.” A presentation for the Annual Meeting of the Reproductive Health Working Group, Beirut, Lebanon.
July 2016 “Preventing their Ills: An Ethnographic Study on Vaccination in a Multiethnic Context.” A paper presented at the workshop “The Politics of Vaccination: Affect, Rationality and Power,” Organized by Dr. Andrea Stöckl & Dr. Bernhard Hadolt at the Annual Conference of the European Association for Social Anthropologists. Melan, Italy.
April 2015 “Revolution on the Soul: Constraining and Enabling Subjects in the Current Egyptian Protests.” A paper presented to the Biennial Conference of the Society for Psychological Anthropology. Boston April 9-12, 2015.
December 2014 “Anthropological Research Priorities in the Arab World: A paper presented for 4 day workshop organized by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, Qatar.
April 2012 “Society in Cinema: Thinking about films preceding the uprising of January 2011 of Egypt.” A paper presented at the conference “Egypt in Transition” held and organized by the New School University, New York on 12 April 2012.
February 2012 “Research Priorities in Rapidly-changing Societies.” A contribution in the conference “Realigning Power Geometries in the Arab World,” organized by The Oriental Institute of the University of Leipzig, Germany, 24-26 February 2012.
November 2010 “Imagining the Nation in the Body: Metaphorical Use of Medical Terms in the National Press of the UAE. Paper presented at the 109th Annual Meeting of AAA, New Orleans.
January 2010 “Health Care in the UAE: Modernity, Multiculturalism and Change.” A Paper Presented to Global Health and the UAE: Asia-Middle East Connections. An International Conference Sponsored and Held at the UAE University 4-8 January.
December 2009 "Selves, Multiculturalism and Hybridity: An Exploratory Study in Contexts Of Medical Plurality. A paper presented to the 108th meeting of the American Anthropological Association.
November 2009 Liberal Arts in the UAE: Attitudes and Future Policies." A paper presented to the Gender and Public Policy Seminar, Dubai School of Government.
April. 2009 “Body Perceptions in Contexts of Medical Pluralism: Exploring the Case of al-Buraimi, Oman. Annual Research Conference of the UAE University.
January 2009 “The ‘Self’ and the ‘Soul’ in Arabic.” A paper presented at the International Conference, The Self, hosted by the United Arab Emirates University.
June 2008 “The Secular Body in Pain: Reflections on the Islamic Notion of alnafs.” A paper presented at workshop, “Islam, The Quran in Late Secularism” sponsored by the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and held at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
July 2008 Organizer and convener and main speaker \ seminar and a course on the European discourse on the Koran. Brandenburg College in Berlin with direct support from the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and the Free University of Berlin.
Nov. 2007 “The Body and Soul: East/West Perspectives.” A report on work in progress presented at the Seminar of Europe in the Middle East, The Middle East in Europe EUME of Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany.
December 2007 “The Soul in Islamic Terms: A Discourse on Moral Psychology. A paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting 2007.
April. 2006 “Prospects of Liberal Arts Education in the Arab World: Reflections on an Exploratory Survey from the UAE University.” Paper presented at the Concurrent Conference of the Gulf Exhibition for Trade and Education, Dubai.
July 2005 “Immigration, Multiculturalism and Hybridity: An Exploratory Study in Contexts of Medical Pluralism.” A Paper presented at the 37th World Congress on Sociology, Stockholm, Sweden.
December 1999 “They are Brain-dead but Heart-living: Notes on Organ Transplantation Debates in the Egyptian Press, 1995-1997.” AAA Annual Meeting.
March 1997 “On Research and Research Priorities: Notes from the Field” Workshop on Priorities of Research in Population and Development Studies, The Population Council, Cairo.
June 1996 “Notes on Medicine, Medical Care and Body Constructions in a Cairene Neighborhood.” The Research Scholar Seminar, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The American University in Cairo.
April 1991 “Soc io-Medical Studies of the Arab World: A Critical Preliminary Review.” Workshop on The Systems of Social Protection in the Arab World, French Cultural Center of the Contemporary Middle East CERMOC Amman, Jordan.
1989 –1999 Research and Teaching Assistant for Prof. Seteney Shami in the project, Medical Anthropology: Relevance for the Study of Health Problems in Arab Societies. Yarmouk University.
October 1988 “The Relationship between Traditional and Modern Medical Systems: Field-notes from Jordan.” Conference on Traditional Medicine in the Arab World, University of Sana‘a, Sana‘a, Yemen.