He specializes in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies. Elsharawy is the recipient of the Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation Scholarship for the 2016-2017 academic year to study Journalism and Foreign Policy in American University’s Washington Semester Program. Currently, Elsharawy serves as co-writer and research assistant at Voice Of America Persian. Also served as a Policy Analyst at Robert Weiner Associates and Solutions for Change where he had the opportunity to write, research, and publish articles on issues related to the Middle East and American politics.