Oct 11, 2024 | Blog, Islamic (Halal/Shariah Compliant) Investments
I have had the opportunity to work directly on Sukuk issuances and have reviewed a number of Sukuk over the years from Tier 1 through to Sovereign. While Sukuk sound quite simple in theory, in practice they are much more complex. If you would like to understand them...
Oct 3, 2024 | Blog, Islamic Finance
Over the past few years, Islamic Banking on a retail level has become more and more standardised in many Muslim countries due to a greater involvement from market regulators and standard setting bodies. Within some jurisdictions the differences between the...
Sep 17, 2024 | Blog, Islamic Finance
The maternal side of my family have been settled in Africa for over 100 years and I spent 8 years of my life living there. Here are 5 reasons why I believe that Islamic Finance (not solely Islamic banking) has a huge potential in Africa. 1) There exists large Muslim...
Mar 5, 2024 | Blog, General
I occasionally get contacted by those considering moving to KSA from the West asking for advice and therefore decided to write a short post on some of the benefits of living in Saudi Arabia especially for Muslims from the West. No place is perfect but overall Saudi...
Mar 4, 2024 | Blog, Islamic Finance General
After being away from home/family, studying & working for the most part of the past 18 years, and after an amazing 6 years in Riyadh, I have made the difficult decision of moving back home to focus on some other personal projects and to be closer to family. I will...
Mar 4, 2024 | Blog, General
I recently met a Senior Shariah Scholar from KSA. During our discussion he asked me an interesting question: which one person influenced me the most to go abroad and seek religous knowledge when I was younger. Without any hesitation I mentioned a name to him. I was...
