I graduated from the University of Jordan in 1975 and completed MS from Washington State University in 1985 and PhD from the University of Arizona in 1989. I joined the University of Jordan in 1989 and participated (as project manager/focal expert/technical advisor) in many research and development projects at the national and regional levels such as: Communal Management and Optimization of Mechanized Mico-catchment Water Harvesting for Compacting Desertification in the East Mediterranean Region; Community-managed Optimization of the Management of scare Water Resources in Central and West Asia and North Africa Project (Water Benchmarks of CWANA); Water Reuse and Environmental Conservation Project (RIAL II); Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands Project (SUMAMAD);