Associate Professor of language learning and education at the Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine. His main research interests developed over years to include teaching and learning foreign languages, multilingualism and intercultural studies, technology and education, inclusive education and higher education and development in context of crises. He has been a Co-investigator on more than 15 British and EU-funded research, capacity building and mobility projects in full partnership with British and European universities (e.g. Disability Under Siege & Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace) and the Principal Investigator on this project, Disabled Voices from Gaza.