Ali is an Educational Consultant for School & ELT publications at McGraw-Hill Education. He used to be a teacher of English and a university lecturer on English literature. He taught English as a foreign or second language EFL/ESL. He also taught Business English and trained students for English Language exams and certificates (TOEFL – TOEIC – IELTS – FCE – CAE – CPE and others.) Ali lectured English Literature and English Skills at University of Aleppo, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of English.