Education:
. I received my joint supervision PhD by Cairo University and Institute of social studies (ISS) , the Hague, Holland in 1999. Prior to my PhD, I got my MA in Egyptian labor migration to the Gulf States: Reasons and Consequences. Then, a diploma in International Relations and Development (IRD) in 1994 from ISS, Holland, a diploma in English / Arabic translation from Ain Shams University, Cairo in 1997. In 2001, I got her third diploma in Human Resources and Development, (HRD) in ISS, The Hague.

Research Interest:
Out of my special interest of interdisciplinary topics, I give more interests to the socio political dimensions in studying politics and I was the first political sciences scholar - in the Arab World- that wrote her empirical study on poverty and "informal" settlements from political perspective. Ibrought to Arabic political literature, as well, the core concepts in political sociology studies such as empowerment, political marginalization, exclusion and inclusion, Democratic socialization, social policies, and Islamic Resurgence in Western mind