1988, degree in Commerce and Accountancy, Cairo University. Presenter and Creator of Sonaa El-Hayah, a popular TV show; 2008, initiated Hemaya Campaign. Recipient of honours, including: named one of top influential persons among thinkers and writers in Middle East, Newsweek magazine; world's most famous and influential Muslim televangelist, New York Times Magazine; 13th in list of world's most influential people, Time Magazine; sixth most influential intellectual in world, Prospect magazine; sixth in list of World's Top 20 Public Intellectuals, Policy Magazine (2008).