Author, Benjamin R. Foster is Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature. His research interests focus on cuneiform literature and the social and economic history of Mesopotamia.

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Managing Director - Khidr Solutions Dr. Fisher is an internationally renowned project finance and leasing expert with specialization in application of Islamic financial alternatives, investment risk and other guarantees. He frequently delivers speeches and presentations, training and organizational development sessions both to private and public companies. He completed over 110 projects for U.S. small and large corporations in 29 countries and originated deals valued at $365 Mil in investment and $810 Mil in guarantees. Prior to this assignment, Dr.

Senior Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences). Alexander O. Filonik, Ph.D. (economics), graduated from the Moscow State University (Institute of Oriental Languages) in 1967. Since then, he has been the senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences). He is the author of many monographs on the social and economic problems of various Arab countries, and numerous other articles. Experties are in Civilisations against the threat of social barbarism, East and West: Bridging the postmodern identity gap.