He holds PhD from the Athens Law School in Greece awarded in 2011. He has published several books in both Arabic and English, and articles in numerous well-known international law journals, including The Hague Yearbook of International Law, the Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, and the Arbitration Journal of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is fluent in English, Greek, German, and French. Currently he is working on a post-doctoral research on online mediation at the Central European University.