Kahf, Monzer

professor for Islamic Finance and Islamic Economics; College of Islamic Studies Hamad Bin Khalifa University HBKU, Doha-Qatar- Professor for Islamic Economics, Finance and Banking; Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. 2008-present- Monzer Kahf was a senior research economist at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), where he conducted scores training courses at IDB, IRTI, commercial Islamic banks, and other institutions. He also collaborates with the OIC Fiqh Academy and was a member of several of its technical and methodological committees on the Shari’ a and economics. He served IRTI for 15 years .Prior to his service at the IDB, Kahf worked an investment advisor in New York, a Director of finance of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and as an auditor with the Syrian government. Kahf has a B.A. in Business from the University of Damascus and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Utah. He has organized and participated in many conferences worldwide on Islamic finance and economics and has published over 25 books and booklets and more than 50 articles and papers on Islamic economics and finance.استاذ الاقتصاد والتمويل الإسلامي- كلية الدراسات الإسلامية بجامعة حمد بن خليفة / ولد في دمشق، وتعلم بها، وحصل من جامعتها على بكالوريوس التجارة، وعلى دبلوم الدراسات العليا في التخطيط، وحصل على دكتوراه في الاقتصاد من جامعة بوتا بأمريكا عمل باحث في المعهد الإسلامي للبحوث والتدريب التابع للبنك الإسلامي للتنمية بجدة ، وهو مؤسس جمعية العلماء الاجتماعيين المسلمين بأمريكا، عضو الجمعية العالمية للاقتصاد الإسلامي فيها.