He was Academic Coordinator of Cairo Open University's English Translation Programme from 1997 to 2009, and has authored or revised all of the University's translation books and teaching manuals since 1997. From 1986 to 2003, he was general editor of the series Modern Arabic Literature – a series of Arabic literary works translated into English – with 75 titles, published by the state publishing house (GEBO). Since 2000, he has been in charge of the second series of A Thousand Books translated into Arabic, published by GEBO.