Graduated from Egypt's renowned Al-Azhar University in 1998 and then worked for a while as a religious translator; A Member of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) worked for the website IslamOnline, as a senior sharia researcher, answering religious questions and giving fatwas - legal rulings - on a variety of issues to an online audience largely made up of North American Muslims; In 2009, became a Fulbright scholar at the Hartford Seminary, a U.S. institution well-known for its multi-faith programs.

A master's student in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations, he graduated in September 2011; In between, studied American culture at Arizona State University, and was imam in the city of Berlin, Connecticut. 

Imam Metwally is married with five children.

He serves as the Imam of the Islamic Society of Gloucester in Ottawa, Ontario.