Personal Information
Employment
| 2002-2009 | Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, Egypt Instructor, Department of Oriental Languages |
| 2010 | Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, Egypt Assistant Lecturer, Department of Oriental Languages |
| 2015 | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany Research Fellow, "Die arabischen Versionen des Ahiqar" |
| 2016 | Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, Egypt Lecturer, Department of Oriental Languages |
| 2017-2021 | Research Fellow, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany |
Education
| 1996-2000 | B.A. Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, Egypt |
| 2007-2008 | Master studies, Faculty of Theology, Oslo University, Norway |
| 2009 | M.A. Old Testament Studies, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, Egypt |
| 2011-2015 | Doctoral studies, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen |
| 2015 | Dr. phil. (Religious Studies) |
Teaching Experience
- Biblical and Modern Hebrew
- Jewish Sectarians
- Introduction to the Old Testament
- Trends in Biblical Criticism
- Jewish Settlement in Palestine
- Jewish Religion
Scholarships and Grants
| 2007-2008 | Norwegian Government Scholarship |
| 2010 | Best Master Award, Cairo University |
| 2010-2015 | DAAD Scholarship, German Egyptian Research Long Term Scholarship |
Professional Organization Memberships
| since 2002 | Membership to Association of Graduates of Eastern Languages at Egyptian Universities |
| 2011-2012 | Associate member of the DFG-research training group (Graduiertenkolleg) |
| since 2012 | Membership to Nordic-German Network for Old Testament (OTSEM) |
| 2017 | Membership to Centrum Orbis Orientalis et Occidentalis (CORO) |
Research Interests
- Religious Studies
- Semitic Languages
- Biblical Studies (Old Testament)
- Ancient Near East
- Jewish Studies
Languages
- Modern research languages:
English, German, Hebrew, Arabic
Publications
- Wellhausen and Kaufmann: Ancient Israel and Its Religious History in the Works of Julius Wellhausen and Yehezkel Kaufmann, De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston, 2016.
- Eschatology in the Old Testament, Noor Publishing, Saarbrücken, 2017.
- The Karaite Translation and Interpretation of the Torah, Journal of Oriental Studies, Cairo, 2017.
- Writing the History of Ancient Israel, Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts, Cairo, 2018.
- Julius Wellhausen: Biblical Scholar and Orientalist, Studien und Materialien zur Geschichte der Philosophie, Olms (forthcoming).