Overview includes: 

• Research Interests:

• Professional Experience: 

• • Part-time expert at UNODC Office for the GCC Region (2023). 

  • Part-time Expert at the League of Arab States for preparing the Arab plan for youth protection from drugs (2022 - 2023). 

Impact Assessment Unit Head, Fund for Combating Addiction and Drug Abuse. 
-Technical Secretariat Supervisor - Program to Support Civil Society Organizations Working in Drug Control. 
-Member of the Technical Bureau, Fund for Combating Addiction and Drug Abuse. 
-Researcher, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, Department of Rural and Desert Communities Research. 
-Consultant, UNODC Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa. 
-Field Researcher, from November 1992 to November 1994, at the National Center for Social and Criminal Research (NCSCR), studying desert communities in Egypt - South Sinai. 
-Assistant Researcher (Teaching Assistant), Department of Rural and Desert Communities Research, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, December 1994 - October 2004. 
-Editor-in-Chief of the National Journal of Social Sciences, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, 1997-2000. 
-Researcher (Assistant Professor), Department of Rural and Desert Communities Research, from November 2004 until 2014. 

• • National and International Notable Awards and Accolades Received: 

  • Consultancy Services: 

  • Community Services: Membership in Scientific Societies and Social Activities: 

1- International Association for Society and Natural Resources (IASNR). 
2- International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) 
3- Arab Sociological Association. 
4- Egyptian Association for Social Studies. 
5- Secretary-General and Board Member of the General Egyptian Association for Prevention of Alcoholism and Combat of Narcotics. 
6- Board Member of the Qualitative Union of Associations Working in the Field of Addiction. 
7- Board Member of the International Health and Society Association. 

• • Experience in delivering training courses and the fields in which training has been conducted, as well as the most important national, regional, and international organizations he has trained with: 

  Executive Director and Training Director at the Egyptian Consultants for Studies, Projects, and Training (ECSPT), Cairo, Egypt, from March 2012 to January 2015. 

  • Research Projects 

  • Draft National Drug Control Plan, preliminarily approved by H.E. the President of the Republic (2024-2028). 

  • The Arab Strategy for Drug Control, announced by the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States in (2023). 

  • Preparation of the first regional study on the correlation between drug abuse and societal violence, endorsed by the Arab Interior Ministers Council (Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, 2023). 

  • Preparation of the first regional study on alternative development for drug crop areas (Naif Arab University for Security Sciences – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) (2023). 

  • Participation in preparing the national report submitted to the International Narcotics Control Board (2016-2023). 

  •  Commitment to scientific ethics through a field experiment, a paper presented at the Social Scientific Research Ethics Conference, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, 1995. 

  • Elaborative bibliography on anthropological research ethics, as part of the Social Scientific Research Ethics Conference proceedings, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, 1995. 

  • The future and priorities of anthropology in Egypt, a paper presented at the "Future of Social Sciences in Egypt" conference organized by the Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo, Egypt, April 1998. 

  • The role of social scientific research in addressing the drug problem, a paper presented at the First International Conference on "The Role of Science and Religion in Addressing the Drug Problem”, Ministry of Awqaf, National Fund for Combating and Treating Addiction, October 27-29, 2001. 

  • Research on "Future Generations of Egypt, Children, and Youth”, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, Cairo, 2002. 

  • Research on "Social Spending and Social Services in Egypt”, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, Cairo, 2000. 

  • Report on "Department of Rural and Desert Communities Research, A Historical Overview”, Proceedings of the National Center for Social and Criminal Research's Golden Jubilee Celebration, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, Cairo, 2005. 

  • Research on "Current Conditions of Rural Women's Work in Egypt," National Center for Social and Criminal Research, Cairo, 2007. 

  • Social and Cultural Obstacles to Health Care Project in Upper Egypt, a case study of a local community, presented at the 19th International Conference IAPS/Bibliotheca Alexandrina, available online at: http://www.iaps19-bibalex.com• 

  • "Economic and Social Effects of Amending the Agricultural Land Tenancy Law in Egypt”, in the process of being published, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, Cairo, 2014. 

  • "Drug Abuse and Addiction in Rural Egypt - Reality and Coping Mechanisms”, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, Cairo, 2014. 

  • "The Philosophy and Reality of Teachers' Professional Development and Its Relationship to Their Cultural Roles in Egypt”, presented at the 38th Annual International Conference on Statistics, Computer Sciences, and Their Applications, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, Cairo, 2015. 

  • "Cultural Change and Cultural Education Institutions in Egyptian Society”, presented at the Fifteenth Annual Social Research Conference, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, Cairo, 2015. 

  • State Institutions between Presence and Absence and Their Relation to Sinai Women's Social Problems, presented at the Third Women's Culture Conference, Ministry of Culture, Cairo, 2015. 

  • "Towards a Strategy to Reduce Early Divorce among Egyptian Youth - Analyzing the Reality and Drawing Inspiration from Others”, a chapter from the final report of the "Early Divorce in Egypt" research, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, Cairo, 2017. 

  • "Community Development as a Means to Reduce Drug Abuse and Addiction - Exploring Principles and Strategies for Community Development Contributing to the Provision and Development of an Effective Drug Prevention Model”, presented within the final report of the Targeted Communities for Drug Abuse and Addiction Research, Cairo, National Council for Combating and Treating Addiction, National Center for Social and Criminal Research, Cairo, 2018. 

Other Information:

-(FCE) Certificate in English Language, British Council and Cambridge University in Britain, Egypt, November 1995. 
-Courses in Translation from Arabic to English, British Council, Cairo, 1996-1997. 
-Certificate of Passing the Nineteenth Training Course on "Crisis Management and Negotiation”, Nasser Academy for Higher Military Sciences, Cairo, Egypt, January-April 2007. 
-Certificate of Passing a Course on "Poverty Alleviation - The Malaysian Experience”, Rural Development Institute (INFRA), and Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 8-24, 2008. 
-Certificate of Passing a Course on "Policy Makers for Drug Demand Reduction" on the nature of drug abuse disorders, prevention, and treatment - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2017. 
-Certificate of Passing a Course on "Quality Assurance in Addiction Treatment”, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2017. 
-Certificate of Passing a Course on "Comprehensive Package for Prevention, Care, Support, and Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Prisons: Egypt - Morocco - Tunisia”, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), October 2017.  
-Certificate of Passing a Course on "Implementing an Integrated Program for Dealing with HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Among Drug Users by Injection”. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).  
-Certificate of Passing a Course on "Services Related to HIV/AIDS and Gender-sensitive and Crime-focused Care for Drug-Injecting Women”, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). 
-Certificate of Completion for a Course on "Systems and Services for the Treatment of Addicted Women and Pregnant Women”, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. ​​