Dean of Scientific Research and Doctoral Studies at Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University since January 2018, United Arab Emirates. He has been the Director of Joint Research at the same university since 2017. He was Dean of the American University in the Emirates during 2016. He also held several positions at the Ajman University of Science and Technology, known today as Ajman University, including: Assistant to the President for External Relations and Cultural Affairs. Between 1998 and 2016, Dean of the College of English Language and Translation between 1996 and 1998, Head of the Department of English Language and Translation between 1992 and 1996, and Assistant Professor between 1990 and 1992. He holds a doctorate in applied linguistics and translation in 1990 from the University of Salford in the United Kingdom, a master’s degree in linguistics and translation in 1985 from the same university, and a bachelor’s degree in English in 1984 from the Mohammed I University in Morocco.