Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department, College of Computer and Information Sciences (CCIS), King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Vice head of the CCIS Alumni Unit. She first joined KSU as a Teaching Assistant in 1990. She received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, with highest honors, from The American University in Cairo, 1990. She has done MSc in Computer Science from The American University in Cairo, 2000. She received her PhD in Computer Science from Cardiff School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University, UK, 2010. She is a member in IEEE and the EATCS (European Association for Theoritical Computer Science). She is also a senior member in The International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT) and a member of the review board of the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, the official journal of the HETL (Higher Education in Teaching and LEarning) association.