| Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century facing both developed and developing countries alike. Since the adoption of the SDGs in 2015, it has been a 5-year journey of trial and error experimentations all over the world to come up with innovative solutions beyond business-as-usual and get the job done. In this paper, we are looking at blockchain beyond the hype. |
| Private equity (PE) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region is a new asset class that has been informally structured and formalized towards the beginning of the last decade (early 2000). New private equity firms were established with more generic private equity funds established in 2002 and 2003. No publicly available private equity performance data are available that can shed light on how the GCC region compares to other regions in the world. |
| Man-made crises and disasters prove to be an opportunity from which mankind can benefit and take lesson to learn to be conscious of Allah’s blessings and care for its rights. One of these lessons that we came to realize is that capitalism is naturally driven by selfish profit maximization actions. This ‘oppression of freedom’ and economic hegemony has led to environmental problems, which pose threats to humankind livelihood. |
| This research aims to explore the potential of |
| Throughout Islamic history, |
The Islamic endowment system (also known as Hubus by the Tunisian public) is deeply embedded in the Islamic thought and ethics and was central to the lives of Tunisians. However, it remained incomprehensively explored and perhaps unknown to many people. Therefore, this study is an attempt to elucidate the case of awqaf in Tunisia. It discusses the history, types, and structure of
This paper aims to illustrate the current landscape of awqaf properties development and management in Morocco. With a deep awqaf heritage spanning 12 centuries,
| Historically, the institution of |
| In India, the early references to |