Mohammed has been teaching English as a foreign and second language and writing for over 8 years in both public and private schools in the U.S. and Morocco, and also conducting research in these and related areas; he also teaches Arabic to non-native speakers. In both contexts, he uses a communicative and interactive approach to help students overcome persistent fears about learning new languages. As a first-generation college graduate, he relies on the intellectual and practical obstacles he faced to help students acclimate to different learning environments. Mohammed has additional research interests, including language learning and acquisition, language learning strategies, media studies (filmic representations), cultural studies (postcolonial texts and travel narratives), and the development of anti-languages as forms of anti-societal or revolting behavior.