Introduction

Prof. Ibrahim research includes Emirates Studies, focusing on the social, economic and urban life in the city of Abu Dhabi. He has also led an analysis looking for the effects of globalization on social and religion aspects in the UAE using different dimensions. He has experience in Islamic cultural dimensions in a global context. Dr. Ibrahim earned his Ph.D. in the Faculty of Engineering Science & mathematics at the University of Southampton in 2008.

He worked for seventeen years at Ministry of Education as a teacher before going to the UK to do his PhD on globalization and urban development. He worked as a professor at Sharjah University for five years and then at Higher Colleges of technology from 2015-2018 before joining Zayed University.

 Roles and Responsibilities

Teaching Emirates Studies Course

Qualifications

PhD. 2008, The Impact of Globalization on the Cities of the United Arab Emirates, University of Southampton, UK. 

Languages

Arabic and English

Informal Interests

Going to safari picnics
Reading

Research interests

Emirates & Islamic Studies, Development Studies.

Current Projects

1. The role of the neighborhood councils in the local community.
2. Potential crises and disasters in the UAE
3. Abu Dhabi as a globalizing city

Keywords

 Emirates Culture, neighborhood, Globalization, Islamic Culture, urban, economic development, crises, disasters.