جامعة السلطان قابوس
Arab served as a professor of modern Arab history at Al Azhar University in Egypt from 1974 to 2011. He was a visiting professor at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman from 1986 to 1991 and at Emirates University in 1994. He also worked as a professor of modern history at the Arabian Researches and Studies Institute of the Arab Countries League in Egypt 1994 to 2011. In addition, he was the chairman of the National Library and Archives of Egypt (2005 - 2009) and of the Egypt's general authority for books and national documents (2009 - 2011). In 2011, he retired from public post and became culture committee reporter at the National Council of Women.