As chess coach he trained Kareim Wageih, who won the 2007 African Junior Chess Championship in Kasungu District, Malawi. In the United Arab Emirates he has been coach at the "Dubai Chess Club" and the "Fujairah Chess Club". He was team captain of the Egyptian women's team at that Chess Olympiad 2016. Ali Farahat holds the title of FIDE instructor (awarded in 2005) and FIDE trainer (awarded in 2013).