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I spent almost ten years there, starting as a institutions. Thus, I did not find It difficult
security researcher and then being to engage in practical political life. This
promoted until I became the executive actually was reflected in my performance in
director of the center, deputy editor-in- the Senate, whether by participating in
chief of the Gulf Affairs magazine, and amending laws or contributing to
head of the Women's Studies Unit. After "Ekterahat B Raghba", a mechanism by
that, I worked at the Information and which the Senate makes suggestions on
Decision Support Center (IDSC) affiliated various social issues, whether educational,
with the Cabinet, specifically in the Future media, or others. All this was in line with
Studies Unit, in which I participated in the my master's degree from the Institute of
establishment of Egypt's Vision 2030 and Arab Studies and PhD from the Faculty of
the sectoral studies emanating from it to Economics and Political Science, as well as
facilitate its implementation. Also, I issued a fellowship at the National Defense
a book on the values of Egyptian society. College.
After that, I moved to the Political Studies
Unit at the center and then became Q3: We would like to congratulate you on
Responsible for the Early Warning Unit. I assuming the position of undersecretary of
spent about 13 years at the center. the Foreign, Arab, and African Affairs
This helped me gain many experiences in Committee of the Senate. we would like to
several fields, either within the framework know the nature of its work and its role,
of developing comprehensive visions and especially in light of the changes taking
strategies or developing my ability to place in the region.
predict potential crises before they occur in
addition to the ability to come up with As for the work of the committee, it hosts
solutions to problems. Then came my intellectuals from various think tanks and
appointment to the Senate, which was a research centers, as well as representatives
different experience, according to which I of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to shed
moved from research and theoretical work light on the most important current issues
to practical application. Fortunately, my and events and discuss them with the
experience at IDSC previously prepared members of the committee; to submit
me for this; due to the preparation of policy papers to the president of the Senate
policy papers for the prime minister and and then to the concerned ministries or
thus its direct connection and directly to the presidency. So, we are aware
communication with the rest of the state of everything happening in the region; and
our work comes as an early warning to the
decision-maker to deal with the
repercussions of accelerated events in the
area.
The committee is also mainly concerned
with topics related to Egyptian national
security from the perspective of foreign
policy. The Arab, African,
