Areas of Interest:

• Microeconomics
• Economic Development
• History of Economic Thought
• Problems of Globalization
• The Philosophy of Economics

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, London School of Economics, l964
• M.Sc., Economics, London School of Economics, l96l
• Diploma, Public Law, Faculty of Law, Cairo University, l957
• Diploma, Economics, Faculty of Law, Cairo University, l956
• LL.B., Faculty of Law, Cairo University, 1955

Experience:

• Professor of Economics, American University in Cairo, 1979-present
• Visiting Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, l985/86 and l978/79
• Economic Adviser, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, l974-1978

Latest Publications:

• Egypt in the Era of Mubarak, AUC Press, 2010
• What Life has taught me (An Autobiography), Dar El-Shorouq, Cairo 2007
• The Illusion of Progress in the Arab World: A critique of Western Misconstructions, AUC Press, Cairo 2006