Ph.D. in International Economic Relations, Baghdad University. He is currently a senior economic adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar and Professor of Political Economy at the Diplomatic Institute.

He served as Professor of Economics at the Universities of Iraq, Libya and Qatar. He also worked as an Economist at the Planning Council and the Council of Ministers of the State of Qatar (2001-2010). 137 research were published for him in Arab and foreign peer-reviewed periodicals. In addition, 182 scientific articles in Arab and international journals.

He co-wrote 25 national and regional reports on sustainable development, external assistance and the Millennium Development Goals, and co-author of the Gulf Economic Report of the Gulf Studies Centre (2006-2022).

He published 35 books by Arab and international universities, research centers and publishing houses, and contributed to writing six Encyclopedia books for research institutions. The most famous of which are the problem of development in the Muslim world, research in Islamic economics, religions and human rights. He supervised and discussed dozens of master’s and doctoral theses at Arab and international universities.