Al-Zawawi is a PhD lecturer at the Middle East Institute. His PhD degree from Middle East Institute, Sakarya University, Master's degree from Euro-Mediterranean Studies Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, BA from same university 2002. Worked as a Senior Researcher and head of International Relations Unit at Arab Center for Humanitarian Studies in Cairo from 2009 – 2015, have 5 published books in different areas of specializations, among them are Political Islam, Strategic and National Security issues, and Regional Politics of the Middle East.

Education:

• PhD, Sakarya University, Middle East Institute, thesis title: "Geopolitical Transformations in the Middle East and their Impact on Regional Coalition Building".
• MA in Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Euro-Mediterranean Studies, Thesis Title: Security Issues in Turkish European Relations and Its Impact on Eastern Mediterranean.

Publishing:

Books and Book Chapters

• Book chapter): Contemporary trends in Egyptian intellectual movements (in English), The Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Muslim Socio-Political Thought, pp: 367- 398, DOI: 10.4324/9781003143826

• (Book Chapter): Development of Salafi Political Thought: Their Concept of Political Power in Modern Political Systems (in Arabic), in Riyadh Al-Musibli, editor, Salafism: Its Transformations and Future, Arab and International Relations Forum, Doha, Qatar, 2020, pp. 105- 122. ISBN 978-9927-126-70-3.

• (Book Chapter) Basic Dynamics and Consequences of US Eastern Mediterranean Policy (in Turkish), Book chapter in: Ismael Numan Telci, Editor, Uluslararası Siyasette Doğu Akdeniz (Eastern Mediterranean in International Politics), Ortadoğu Yayınlarının, 2020, pp: 283-302.

• (Book) Sea of Fire: Rise of Struggle Catalysts in the Eastern Mediterranean (in Arabic); published by Al Bayan Center for Research and Studies, Saudi Arabia 2015, 257 pages, ISBN: 978-603-8101-66-7

• (Book) Islamists in Egypt: Readings in their Classifications, Doctrines, and Practice (in Arabic); published by Al Masry Center for Studies and Informational Masry Al Youm Corporation, 2013.

• (Book) A New Turkey in a New World: Dimensions of the Regional Turkish Influence (in Arabic); published by the Arab Center for Humanitarian Studies, Cairo, 2010.

• (Book) National Security of Egypt and the Transformation of the Regional Environment after the Arab Spring (in Arabic), 2013; published by the Arab Center for Humanitarian Studies, Cairo, Egypt.

Articles and Research Papers 

• Erdogan's Gulf Trip: Dimensions and Implications, Aljazeera Center for Studies, Doha, 8 August 2023,

• Egypt: Internal Challenges in the Year of International Crises, Strategic Report of 2022, Strategic Thinking Group, Turkey and Kuwait,

• What Biden May Bring to the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Insight Turkey, Winter 2021 / Volume 23, Number 1, Page: 23-34. (DOI: 10.25253/99.2021231.3).

• In Pursuit of Democracy: A War of Paradigms on the Libyan Front, ORSAM, 20th July 2020, on: https://bit.ly/2LuQFle

• The Challenge of Sectarianism: The Civil Activism in Iraq and Lebanon, Middle Eastern Studies magazine, Jordan, Year 24, summer 2020, Issue #92, pp: 43-58.

• What's Next for Israel After the Elections? Politics Today, April 13, 2019.

• Between cooperation and conflict: Iran's options in the Arab Mashreq, Insight Turkey (In Arabic), Year 5, Issue#2, June 2016, .

• Turkey: Between Internal Cleansing and External Challenge, Egyptian Institute for Political and Strategic Studies, July 24, 2016, on: https://cutt.ly/RnD4SPH

• Iran and the Syrian Revolution: Transformations of the Regional Map, Strategic Report, Al-Bayan Center for Research and Studies, Issue#10, 2013.

• The Transformations of Turkish Politics Between Constant and Variable, Egyptian Institute for Political and Strategic Studies, July 16, 2016, on: https://cutt.ly/SnD4256

• European Security Policy, And Relations with Turkey, Egyptian Institute for Political and Strategic Studies, May 7, 2016, on: https://cutt.ly/MnD464P

• Turkish policy toward Egypt after the failed coup, multiple indications of escalating tension, Egyptian Institute for Political and Strategic Studies, 31 July 2016.

• Turkish Ambition: Ascending Paths and Challenges of Hegemony, Strategic Report, Al-Bayan Center for Research and Studies, Issue#11, 31 Dec. 2014, pp: 159-178.

• Eastern Mediterranean Gas: A Preliminary Paper, Egyptian Institute for Political and Strategic Studies, 19 April 2016, on: https://cutt.ly/2nD7dnQ

• Uniting the Egyptian Revolutionary Forces: A Program of Action, Egyptian Institute for Political and Strategic Studies, 7 June 2015, on: https://cutt.ly/WnD7nOM

• Egypt... Salafists and radical change, Insight Turkey (Arabic), Year 1, Issue#4, winter 2012, on: https://bit.ly/2L6TdGy

• Regional Repercussion of the Libyan Crisis, Insight Turkey (Arabic), Year 3, Issue#3, on: https://bit.ly/3s7tT3x.

• American – Russian Influence and Bases War, published in Wisdom House for Strategic Studies, Egypt; Al- Sabeel newspaper, on: https://assabeel.net/309811

• Is The Second Wave of the January Revolution Possible? (In Turkish), original title: Ocak Devrimi'nin İkinci Dalgasi Mümkün Mü, ORSAM, on: https://cutt.ly/VnD7KXB