Professor Ibrahim holds a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, and is currently a Doctor of TEFL at the Lebanese University, Faculty of Education. He has more than 8 publications and he has received, among other things, two research grants from Lebanese University and a Herbert Karter award from the University of Arizona. Being a visually disabled person and active in the Lebanese disability movement, he is currently the president of the Youth Association of the Blind (YAB).