short bio
I have been working at Faculty of Economic and Political Science, Cairo University, Political Science Department as an assistant professor since 2007. I had finished my PH.D in 2007 on Iran. The title of the thesis was “The Iranian Experience in Transition from Revolution into Statehood” and it was nominated for publication by Cairo University. The Masters was on “The Role of the Ulama in the making of the Iranian Revolution 1979-1981”. I had been the Fulbright Scholar in Residence twice; the first time at Lehigh University, USA for the academic year 2008-2009,where I taught a course on “Civil Society and Democracy in the Middle East”. The second time, in Framingham State University, MA, USA, for the spring semester 2015,where I taught two courses. The first on “Gender and Religion in the Politics of the Middle East” and the second on “Social Movements: Theoretical Issues and Case Studies”. I have also been a visiting scholar at the Frie University in Berlin in 2012 and 2013 and University of Tubengin 2012. I have served as the deputy director for the center of Civilization Studies and Dialogue of Cultures from 2012-2014. i have also served as the deputy director of the Center for Political Researches and Dialogue of Cultures, Faculty of Economics and Political Science from 2015-2017.
I am also interested in developing and teaching multiple courses on Gender, Development and Conflict Transformation, Gender and Religious Discourse as well as Theories on Gender and Development.
My research interests are comparative politics issues; I have conducted research and written on virtual politics in Egypt and Iran, Youth Politics and change in the Middle East, Gender issues and have been doing a lot of field work in regard to studying the political awareness and its relation to the political process.