Mohamed Kamal is professor of political science and director of the Center
of International Area Studies at Cairo University. He also served as director of
American Studies Center at Cairo University, and has taught at the American
University in Cairo. In 2012 he was a visiting scholar at the Center for Middle
Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago (2012–13). He has several publications in Arabic and English, including the following books: European Decision-Making Process and Euro-Arab Relations; Globalization or
Americanization: The Arab World and the New International System; and The International Political Economy of American Foreign Aid to the Middle East.