Special-User-Group Design Consultant (2007-present) to the Ministry of Social Solidarity in: •        Research-based development of design guidelines for: Homeless Children Centers and Compounds – Social Service Centers – Daycares and Kindergardens. •        Evaluation and rehabilitation of existing Social Service Centers. •        Needs Assessment and Architectural Program development for: Homeless Children Centers and Compounds – Rural Leaders’ Training Centers.   Neighbourhood Design and Housing Project – Team Leader (2006-2007) for the planning and design of 2 neighbourhoods (139 feddans) in Sixth of October City.  As part of the commission of HBRC by the General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP) to plan and design residential extensions in 6 Egyptian Cities.   Multi-disciplinary Reseearch and Community Participation Consultant (2005-present) to Oikodrom, Vienna / MIMAR, Egypt in HAMMAM, preservation of historic heritage, Project. Grant Awarded by the European Community (EU).   Urban and Community Development Consultant (2005) to Center for  Development Services CDS for the Design of the Base-line Survey for Informal Settlements Upgrading of the City of Alexandria. World Bank financed project.   Housing and Community Development Consultant (1998-2005) to the Agha Khan Cultural Services-Egypt in: •        Housing Program initiation studies: Affordablity, willingness, lifestyle assessment, and social surveys. •        Participatory design and implementation of the Rehabilitation of Traditional Housing Program, •        Activity pattern analysis for the Open space Redevelopment Program; •        Activity pattern analysis of Rooftop use for the Environmental Program •        Participatory design of the Tablita vegetable Market in Al-Azhar, Cairo; and •        Baseline survey and development of the monitoring and evaluation tools for all development project sectors.   Urban Design Consultant (1998- 2002) to General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP) in the Preservation of the Urban Heritage in Cairo Project: Garden City Area.   Researcher (1998 – present) in several commissioned research projects, as follows:   Affordable and Appropriate Housing Guidelines:  A Tool-Kit for Low Income Housing Design in Egypt (2006 – present) National Research Project. Housing & Building National Research Center (HBRC) Principal Researcher   HAMMAM : Human Aspects and Multidisciplinary Methods of Analysis for the Meditterainean region (2005 – 2008) Oikodrom Institute in Vienna Austria / MIMAR Consultancy Egypt, Grant Awarded by the European Community (EU). Senior Scientist   New forms of housing around the Greater Cairo Area: Assessment of  the suburbanization phenomenon (2004 – 2006) Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT)/ Housing & Building National Research Center (HBRC), Grant Awarded in June 2004 by the Accademy for Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT). Vice-principal Researcher   Social, Psychological and Health Aspects of Housing Design and Neighborhood Planning (998 – 2003) Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT)/ Housing & Building National Research Center (HBRC). Grant Awarded in June 1998 by the Accademy for Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT). Principal Researcher   Utilizing Palm mid-ribs for Small Industries (2002 – 2003) Delta Association for Responsive Architecture. Grant Awarded by the Social Research Center, AUC. Consultant: Community aspects.   Evaluation of Pedestrianization Projects in Downtown Cairo (2001 –  2002) Institut de Recherche et Development IRD, an independent study – part of a larger research project “Heritage Conservation and Management in Egypt and Syria – HERCOMANNES.” Principal Researcher..