-Name: Dr. Mahmud Hamzawi Fahim Usman

– Place and Date of Birth: Giza, Egypt, 5 Jan. 1975

– Nationality: Egyptian with a permanent resident permit in Indonesia.

– Marital Status: Married to an Indonesian woman, having 3 children.

– Address: Cemani; Grogol; Sukoharjo; Central Java; Indonesia

– Mobile: +6281328977319
– Email: mahmududdin@gmail.com

– Current Work: Lecturer of Arabic at STIM Surakarta, Indonesia (2017-present); and Freelance translator.

– Experience: Head of the Language Development Program at UNIRES Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (2008-2012); working as full-time translator (Indonesian/English/Arabic) at the Saudi Embassy in Jakarta (2012-2016); regular trainer in translation workshops in UIN Sumatera Utara and IAIN Kudus (2018-2020); Speaker on Middle Eastern, Indonesian, Arabic and Islamic issues at some conferences and forums in Indonesia;  Co-authoring a handbook of Arabic and English for UNIRES UMY Yogyakarta, 2011; Translating into Arabic an Indonesian book on the “Indonesian-Egyptian Bilateral Relations” published by the Indonesian Embassy in Cairo, 2009.

– Languages: Arabic (native), English, and Indonesian/Malay, Tamil.

– Education: BA in Islamic Studies in English, Faculty of Languages and Translation, Al-Azhar University (Egypt), 1999 ; MA in Islamic Educational Psychology, University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, 2009; PhD in Islamic Politics, University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, (Indonesia) 2012.

–  Interests: Middle Eastern Studies; Indonesian Studies.