Dr. Ibrahim Negm earned his MA in Islamic Studies in 1995 from AlAzhar university in Cairo and was the class valedictorian. 

He was awarded a distinguished fellowship to conduct research at Harvard Law School in 1996/1997. He was also a visiting Scholar and researcher at Oxford University, UK, in 2003. He obtained his PhD in Islamic Studies in 2005 from the Graduate Theological Seminary, Indiana, USA. 

He was the adjunct assistant professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, St John’s University in New York in 2005. Since 2006, Ibrahim Negm has served as a Senior Advisor to His Eminence the Grand Mufti of Egypt.

He is also the current Secretary General for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, an umbrella independent organization that has over 90 countries as members, aiming at coordinating the work among Fatwa authorities worldwide and countering radical fatwas.