Professor Diab is among the very few Lebanese politicians that are independent and technocratic. He was the first Lebanese minister of education with a long professional background in education. As PCM, he and his cabinet of experts were appointed the difficult task of “rescuing Lebanon” against a backdrop of civil unrest, economic collapse, and political tensions that resulted from decades of mismanagement, as well as a global pandemic that brought the biggest economies to their knees.

As an academic, Professor Diab pursued teaching, research, and administrative opportunities within academia. His interests within computer engineering —his area of expertise— include cryptography, embedded systems, reconfigurable computing, as well as simulation of parallel processing systems and parallel applications. After serving as minister of education and higher education, his interests broadened to include higher education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as well as global issues in education.