Deputy Executive Director for Administrative Affairs at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi since March 26, 2013, United Arab Emirates.

She is the Vice President of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Economic Research Forum since 2014.

She is also a founding partner of the Gulf Research Centre in Switzerland, the Emirates Human Rights Association , and the Economic Research Forum at the Dubai International Financial Centre .

She held several positions, including: Secretary-General of the Administrative and Financial Affairs Department at the United Arab Emirates University , Advisor at the National Human Resources Development and Employment Authority (Tanmia), Head of the Job Rehabilitation Unit at the same authority, Member of the World Trade Organization Committee in the UAE, and Member of the Electoral Committee of the Federal National Council in 2015.

She has over 20 years of experience in academic and administrative fields in the higher education sector.

She also has many research publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, periodicals, and scientific conferences.

She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom in 1990, a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Baltimore in the United States of America, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Cairo University.