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Dalal Aassouli is an Assistant Professor of Islamic Finance at CIS. She has worked at the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) in Malaysia, where she assisted with the establishment of the IILM's sukuk program. She has also held several positions in international institutions in Europe where she had exposure to the African, European and Latin American markets. Aassouli holds master’s degrees from NEOMA Business School and Paris Dauphine University, and a PhD from ENS de Lyon in France. Her areas of research interest include Islamic finance in general and its implications for liquidity management, corporate finance, ethical finance, development finance, green finance, sustainable development and socially responsible investing. Dalal is also an invited speaker at international Islamic finance conferences and events and provides her consultancy expertise to various organizations on issues related to Islamic and sustainable finance. ORCID:0000-0001-6394-5229.

Muhammad Fazlurrahman Syarif is a PhD in Islamic Finance and Economy at Hamad bin Khalifa University, receiving a full Qatar Foundation scholarship. He has won and received grants from multiple start-up competitions in Qatar and, including those organized by HBKU Innovation Center, the Digital Incubation Center, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology-Qatar, Qatar University and Qatar Development Bank. His start-up has been incubated by the prestigious Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP), Member of Qatar Foundation. Syarif’s research interests include fintech, sentiment analysis, social media credit scoring, chatbots, crowdfunding, CBDCs, blockchain, halal economy, sukuk and e-learning. He began his career in Islamic Banking and Finance after completing his MBA in Islamic Banking and Finance at the Bangor University and attending Durham Islamic Finance Summer School at the Durham University in the United Kingdom. He has been awarded by Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation Council in the Rising Innovators Award at Web Summit Qatar. ORCID:0000-0001-6394-5229.