After obtaining a degree in Law (University of Messina), Economic and Financial Security (University of Tor Vergata) and Political Sceince (University of Trieste) he obtained a degree in Science of Language, History and Culture of the Mediterraneo and of Islamic Countries at the “Orientale” University of Naples.

He is a Lecturer of Arab Language and Literature at the “D. Alighieri” University for Foireigners of Reggio Calabria and of Arab Language and Linguistic Mediation at the School of Advanced Studies for Linguistic Mediators of Reggio Calabria.

He is a member of the Research Group in “Geopolitics, Security and Intelligence in the Mediterranean Area” at the Research Center MEDAlics and at the Center for Italian-Arab translations at the University of Gafsa (Tunisia). During the last 10 years he attended several training courses on Arab language and culture in Siria, Egypt, Yemen, Giordania, Tunisia, Morocco, Palestina, Liban, Turkey, Iran.

He attended several conferences and seminars on topics related to arab/islamic culture and the geopolitics of the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa).

He is Lieutenant Colonel of the Italian Finance Police. In 2008, he obtained the S.L.E.E. certification for the Arab Language (Army School for Foreing Languages).