 In 1971, he received a degree in Bilingual Arabic-Russian translation.He worked as the secretary-editor (1976–1978) and supervisor in the Sudanese Culture Magazine by Arabic Al-thaqaaffa El-ssoddaneia (الثقافة السودانية), which was published in Khartoum (it's stopped for more than two decades ago), he worked as a temporary lecturer in Khartoum University in the art faculty.Abed Elrahim awarded a Ph.D in Philosophy of Language from Academy of Science in Moscow in 1987.