Salzburg Seminar Fellow, Session 363 on “the International Impact of the European Monetary Union.” Salzburg, Austria. Dec. 1998
Fulbright Post Doctoral Research Scholarship, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. USA. May-Sep. 1997.
Ph. D. Economics, Faculty of Economics & Political Science, Cairo University.(Honors). July 1994
MA Economics, The American University in Cairo (AUC). Feb. 1990 
BA Accounting, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo Univ. June 1986.