Bio
- B.A. (honours) in English Language and Literature, Cairo University, 1959.
- Translator/Sub-editor, The Egyptian Broadcasting Service, 1959-1960.
- Teaching Assistant, Department of English, Cairo University, 1961-1965.
- Sub-editor, The Theatre Magazine, a Cairo monthly, 1964-1965.
- Studied in England for the M. Phil., London University, and the Ph.D., Reading University, Berks from 1965 to 1975, in English Literature.
- M. Phil. 1970, London.
- Ph.D. 1975, Reading.
- Worked as Foreign Language Monitor, at the BBC Monitoring Service, Caversham. Berks., England, 1968-1975.
- Lecturer in English, Cairo University, 1975.
- Constituent member of the Egyptian Writers Union, 1975-present.
- Assistant Professor of English, Cairo University, 1981.
- Professor of English, Cairo University, 1986.
- Plays in Arabic put on the stage in Cairo and the Egyptian provinces from 1964-2000: 7 originals, 3 adaptations, and 3 translations.
- Elected "expert" at the Arabic Language Academy, 1996- present.
- Head of the Department of English, Cairo University, 1993-1999.
- Academic Coordinator, the English Translation Programme, Cairo Open University. 1997-2009. Authored or revised all the translation books and manuals taught, 1997- present.
- Editor of the Egyptian Theatre Magazine, 1986- present.
- Co-Editor of the Cairo monthly Sutur, a cultural Publication, 1997-2007.
- General Editor of the series Modern Arabic Literature - a series of Arabic literary works translated into English, 1986-2003, with 75 titles to date, published by the State Publishing House (GEBO: General Egyptian Book Organization).
- In Charge of the Second Series of A Thousand Books translated into Arabic, published by the State Publishing House (GEBO) 2000- present.