Areas of Interest:

• Labor Markets
• International Economics
• Macroeconomics

Education:

• Ph.D., Health Economics, joint supervision between University of Cologne, Germany and the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, 1983
• M.A., Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University. 1979

Experience:

• Professor of Economics and Political Science-Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, 1994-present
• Vice President for Community Affairs, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt, 2008-present
• Chair of the Economic Department-Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt, 2007-2008
• Vice Dean Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt, 2004-2007

Latest Publications:

• Co author-Benefit Incidence Analysis on” Government Spending on Ministry of Health Outpatient Services, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal., Vol 16 No5 2010
• Migration and Financial Flows, the Egyptian Case, Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration, CARIM Analytical and Synthetic Notes, RSCAS Research Project Reports, 2009
• Voluntary Health in Egypt, in Alexander Preker in Peter Zweifel and Omno Schellekens (eds), Global Market place for Private Health Insurance Strength in Numbers,2009, World Bank Publications