Shariah Governance & Shariah Committee Memberships

While previously the regulators took a more loose approach to Shariah Governance in some of the Gulf countries, in recent years there has been implementation of comprehensive Shariah Governance Frameworks. One of the many areas which has been directly affected is...

Islamic Banking & Retail Customers

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...

Africa & 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...

New Beginnings

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...