The author was born and raised in a humble, yet respectable circle of Egyptian agricultural society. Through education, he rose in social status and popularity among widely separated societies in Kuwait, the U.A.E., Malaysia and the Muslim communities of the New York and Washington, D.C. Besides Arabic, he speaks English, French, and Malay. He has written no less than seven dozen of books, mostly in English. Some of his works have been translated; some are being translated into Malay. He is married and has four surviving children. He held the posts of Principal (Muslim College of Malaya). Director of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York, Director of the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C., and Rector of the International Islamic University in Malaysia. He was a co-founder of the Inter-Religious Council of the New York metropolitan and the Inter-Religious Council of Washington, D.C.