A researcher and lecturer in economics at the American Open University in Washington, D.C., and formerly at the Islamic University of Minnesota, he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Faculty of Commerce at Benha University in 2013, followed by a Master’s degree in Economics (specializing in Labor Economics and Macroeconomics) in 2017. He has authored numerous publications in Arab and local journals. He previously worked at the Al-Badil Center for Political and Economic Studies and the Iraqi-African Center for Strategic Studies, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Economics. He has received several academic awards, most notably Best Master’s Thesis in Economics in 2018 and first place in the Saleh Kamel Award for Islamic Economics in 2019. He is also an external researcher with the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies and the Trends Research and Advisory Center in the UAE.