Education:
1990 Ph.D. (Political Science), with Excellent, GPA of 3.8/4 (95%), Department of Government and Politics, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland, U.S.A. 1986 M.A. (Political Science) with Excellent, Department of Government and Politics, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland, U.S.A. 1981 M.A. (Political Science), with Excellent, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt. 1976 B.A. (Political Science), with Honor, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt.

Research Interest:
Comparative politics, Asian Politics, Latin American Politics

Recent Publications:
Author,coauthor and editor of many publications in comparative politics, Asian politics in general and Malaysian politics in Particular:
- "Models of Development in Asian Tigers", Paper presented at the 8th Beijing Forum, 2-6 November 2011, Peking, China.
-"Malaysia and the Organization of Islamic Conference", paper presented at the conference held by Department of Malaysian Studies under the theme: Malaysia and Major International Powers, Cairo University, April 12, 2011.
- "Korean Studies in the Arab World", paper presented at the 7th Forum of Korean-Middle East Cooperation under the theme: Consolidating Arab-Korea Partnership in the 21stCentury, Co-sponsored by Al-Ahram Center for Poltical and Strategic Studies & Ministry of Foreign Affaires and Trade, Republic of Korea
-"Political Parities and Party Politics in Malaysia" in Dr. Gaber Awad (ed.), Civil Society in Malaysia (Cairo:DMS, 2011).
-"Comparative Politics: Continuity and Change in Teaching, Methodology and Research Interest", paper presented at the 50th Anniversary of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science 1960 – 2010, Cairo University, March 2010, later published in Dr. Alia El-Mahdi and Ahmed Ghoneim (eds.), Egypt and Faculty of Economics and Political Science in an Era of Change: 1960 – 2010 (Cairo: Faculty of Economics and Political Science, 2010).