His research interests include law and economic development, international economic law, and legal and political theory. Previously, he taught at Brandeis University and practiced law in both Damascus and New York. He has also worked as a researcher at the Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research and served as a visiting scholar at Cornell University Law School. His publications include “Fear of Arrest” in The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings: End of an Old Order? (Haddad, Bsheer, and Abu-Rish, eds.; Pluto Press, 2012). Sayed earned an LL.B. from Damascus Law School, a D.E.S in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, and an S.J.D. from Harvard Law School.