Executive Director - Alternative Policy Solutions, and Associate Professor - Political Science department at the American University in Cairo. Extensive experience working for U.N. agencies, local and international NGOs, as well as engagement with civil society organizations. Publications cover issues of Participatory Development, Social Movements, and civil society-state relations. Serving as board member of: the Arab Political Science Network (APSN), the Program on African Social Research, the Project for Middle East Political Science (POMEPS), and Research Ethics in the Middle East and North Africa (REMENA).