I am a citizen of the United States.
Masters Degree in Library and Information Science, Department of Library and Information Studies, University of California-Los Angeles, USA, December, 1997
Doctoral Degree, the Department of History, University of California-Los Angeles, USA. June, 1995.
Masters Degree in International Studies,Jackson School of International Studie, Middle East Center, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, August, 1987.
Masters Degree in Islamic History, Department of History, Cairo University, Egypt, February, 1984.
Bachelors Degree in Arabic Language and Islamic Studies, Cairo University, June, 1975.
Instructor and Librarian of Middle Eastern Studeis and Egypteology, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, at the presnet.
Instructor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Zayed University-Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1998-2001.
Library Assistant II at the University of California-Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.) 1988-Library until 1998.
Process monographs in Near East Languages, romanize titles and entries, searching in OCLC, ORION and MELVYL system and train and supervise new hiered employees and student assistants.
Teaching Assistant, 1991. Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultuers, University of California-Los Angeles. Teaching Assistant, 1987. Department of Near East Languages and Civilization, University of Washington.
Taught first and second year Arabic courses.
Library Assistant, June 1985-September 1988,
University of Washington, Main Library.
Searching in OCLC and U of W on-line, editing bibliographic records in MARC
format, and identifying and reporting any problems, romanizing titles in Near
Eastern Languages, processing monographs and serials, training and evaluating other staff members, and discussing their work and progress with their supervisor, assisting in training of new staff members.
Arabic Teacher, 1982/83 and 1986/87.
Islamic School of Seattle,
Seattle, Washington.
Taught Arabic, designed curriculum and supervised other Arabic teachers.
Islamic History and Arabic Instructor, 1981/82.
American University in Cairo.
Taught Arabic to non-Arabic speakers at different levels and also taught texts from the Muqaddimah of Ibn Khaldun.
Editor, 1977-1982.
Arabic Language Academy, Cairo, Egypt.
Gathered materials from classical works of Arabic for compilation of the Dictionary, al-Mu`jam al-Kab?r.
Arabic, English, Persian, German and French.
1989-1991 National Research Fellowship (NRF).
1991-1992 Research Assistanship.
1993 American Research Center in Egypt Fellowship.
1993-1994 Departmental Fellowship.
1994 Incencive Reward.
1992-1995 In-Candidacy Offset Fee Grant.
1997 Incentive Reward.
Middle East Studies Association (MESA).
American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).
American Historical Association.(AHA)
American Library Association (ALA)
"Egypt and the `Abbasid Da`wah", American Research Center in Egypt, Cairo: May, 1993.
al-Tabari wa minhajuh fi al-tarikh Cairo: Dar Gharib, 2004.
Book review entitled: al-Ikhw�n al-Muslim�n wa al-Tanz�m al-Sirr�, (The Muslim Brotherhood and their Secret organization), Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, v. 19, July, 1985.
"Education in Egypt During Ism�`�l's Era (1863-1879)", Jus�r, v. 7, 1991.
Forthcoming book entitled: al-Tabar� mu'arrikhan, Kuwait: D�r Ihy�' al-Tur�th, 1995.
I am a citizen of the United States.
Experience with: WordPerfect (for Windows and DOS), Microsoft Word, Poweroint, Access Excel, Microsoft Publisher, Paint Shop Pro, Telnet, EWAN, Edura, Netscape, HTML.
Experience with: DIALOG, OCLC, RLIN, ORION, MELVYL and numerous World Wide Web search engines.
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