Sharif Elmusa is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the department of Political Science at the American University in Cairo. He was a visiting professor at Georgetown University (Qatar) (2009-2011), and at Yale University (2012-2013). He served as a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Palestinian Studies (1992-1997) in Washington, D.C.; a UNDP Senior Consultant with the Ministry of Planning in Gaza (1997); and a member of the Palestinian Land and Water Group in the Palestinian–Israeli negotiations in Washington (1993). Elmusa wrote extensively on the politics and culture of the environment in the Middle East, including two books, two edited volumes, and many articles in journals and edited books.