Editor-in-Chief
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Prof. Abdulnaser I. Nour, Faculty of Business & Communication – An-Najah National University – Palestine.
Prof. Dr. Abdel Nasser Ibrahim Nour is a distinguished professor in the field of accounting - Department of Accounting - Faculty of Business and Communication - An-Najah National University. Nablus, Palestine. His academic interests are wide-ranging, covering topics such as international auditing standards, sustainability accounting, corporate governance,
international financial reporting standards, intellectual capital, financial analysis, and balanced scorecard. In addition to his research, he is also the editor-in-chief of An-Najah Journal of Law and Economics and an associate editor of An-Najah University Journal for Humanities, indexed in Scopus, and an editorial member and reviewer for several international journals listed in reputable databases in Scopus, demonstrating his influence in the academic field. He has worked in multiple institutions and is involved in mentoring students and faculty members through many international academic and research collaborations. Dr. Nour was the Dean and Head of the Department of Accounting at the Faculty of Business at the Middle East University in Amman - Jordan, the Dean of the Graduate School at Zarqa University - Jordan, and the Dean of the Faculty of Business at Al-Ahliyya Amman University - Amman - Jordan. He also taught part-time at several Jordanian universities from 2005 to 2016, such as the University of Jordan and Hashemite University. He also published more than 115 articles in Arabic and English in local, Arab and international peer-reviewed journals in the fields of accounting, finance and management. He also published 8 books in the fields of accounting that are taught in Arab universities.
Associate Editors
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Dr. Naeem Salameh, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences. Assistance Professor- An-Najah National University – Palestine .
Dr. Naeem Salameh currently holds the position of Vice President Assistant for Academic Affairs overseeing the Humanities Faculties at An-Najah University from August 2023. He has also served as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law since 2015. His professional journey includes a significant tenure as the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University, spanning a four-year period from 2019 to August 2023. He was also the coordinator of the Master of Law programs from 2016 to 2022.
In addition to teaching, he has worked as a legal consultant on a number of development projects. Interacting with a variety of donor agencies, including USAID, EU, GIZ, AFD, ILO, to name a few, Dr. Salameh has been successful in developing and revising laws and policies in both the private sector and the national, Palestinian judicial system. Currently, Dr. Salameh is working on two research projects, mainly on Trademark and Investments. He also works with the Palestinian Bar Association and is a member of a number of committees with which he works on a variety of public issues.
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Dr. Sam Alfoqahaa, Faculty of Business & Communication – Associate Professor – An- Najah National University- Palestine.
PhD in Marketing from Amman Arab University for Graduate Studies, Jordan.
He is currently working as an associate professor in the marketing department. He has served as the head of the department for three years and the director of public relations at the university for another three years.
He has many researchers at KAUST.
Editorial board members
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Prof. Jamal Zaid Kielani, Dean of the Faculty of Shari'ah, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
Dr. Jamal Ahmad Zaid Al-Kilani is a distinguished scholar in Comparative Islamic Jurisprudence, specializing in contemporary Islamic financial transactions. He holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Jurisprudence from the University of the Holy Quran, Khartoum, and earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Jordan, Faculty of Sharia. Dr. Al-Kilani has been a faculty member at An-Najah National University since 1994, teaching in the Departments of Islamic Banking and Fiqh and Legislation, and supervising dozens of Master’s theses in contemporary financial transactions, Islamic economics, and criminal jurisprudence.
He has held multiple leadership roles, including Dean of the Faculty of Sharia, Chair of the Departments of Islamic Banking and Fiqh and Legislation, and Chair of the joint Ph.D. program in Fiqh and its Principles across three Palestinian universities. Beyond the university, he serves as a member of the Higher Fatwa Council in Palestine and as Chair of the Shari’a Supervisory Board of the Arab Islamic Bank. He also leads charitable and educational initiatives, including the care of Quran memorization centers and the Association for the Blind in Nablus.
Dr. Al-Kilani has published extensively in Arabic and international peer-reviewed journals and authored numerous books on Islamic finance and jurisprudence. He is actively involved in academic committees, conference organization, curriculum development, and community service, making him a leading figure in Islamic legal and financial scholarship in Palestine.
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Dr. Muath Asmar, assistant professor of Financial Technology at the Faculty of Business, An-Najah National University, Palestine
Muath Asmar, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Financial Technology at the Faculty of Business & Communication, An-Najah National University. He has held various managerial and consulting positions in the private sector. Recognized as a certified expert and arbitrator in IT and e-commerce by the Palestinian Ministry of Justice, he earned his bachelor's degree in banking and finance from An-Najah National University. He also holds a master's degree in information technology and a Ph.D. in financial markets technology from Universiti Sains Malaysia. Additionally, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship focusing on financial innovation, including exchange-traded funds and fintech, at the School of Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece.
Dr. Asmar primary research interests include market microstructure, fintech, trading technology, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, and e-commerce. Throughout his academic career, he has taught various courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including portfolio theory, financial markets, scientific research methodology and its statistical tools, corporate finance, and other finance- and IT-related subjects. He has published multiple papers in international refereed journals and has participated in several conferences worldwide. Dr. Asmar has also served as a visiting professor at the Department of Economics & Management, University of Pavia in Italy, and has made research visits to financial institutions in the United States.
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Dr. Noor Omar Yousef Adas, Assistance Professor-Criminal Law Faculty- of Law and Political Sciences - An-Najah National University
The Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science at An-Najah National University. She obtained her PhD in Criminal Law from Carthage University (Tunisia) and currently serves as an assistant professor at the Faculty. Dr. Adas is responsible for teaching criminal law courses for bachelor's and master's students, and she also coordinates the master's programs at An-Najah National University. In addition to her academic role, she is a practicing lawyer at the Palestinian Bar Association and actively conducts research in criminal law and public law. Dr. Adas has participated in numerous legal conferences, either by presenting research papers or serving as a member of scientific committees. Moreover, she is involved in various university and community committees.. For more details, you can visit his profile on the staff website of An-Najah National University https://staff.najah.edu/en/profiles/2718/
International Advisory Board
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Prof. Abdalmuttaleb M.A.Musleh Al-Sartawi, Al-Ahliyya University in Bahrain – Faculty of Business – Department of Finance and Accounting
abdalmuttaleb M.A. Musleh Al-Sartawi, Ph.D. is the Chairperson of the Accounting, Finance and Banking Department, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Electronic Banking (IJEBank). He received his PhD in Accounting, from the University of Banking and Financial Science (UBFS). He has presented and published many papers in regional and international conferences and journals. In addition, Al-Sartawi is the chair and the editor of two international conferences the European, Asian, Middle Eastern, North African Conference on Management & Information Systems (EAMMIS) conferences and the International Conference on Global Economic Revolutions (ICGER). This is in addition to him served as a member of various editorial boards and technical committees in international refereed journals and conferences. In addition, he is the editor of ‘The Big Data-Driven Digital Economy: Artificial and Computational Intelligence,’ in Studies in Computational Intelligence. He is a member of several international organizations and associations such as the European Accountants Association (EAA), the Bahrain Management Society, the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), the International Islamic Marketing Association (IIMA), the Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, the Palestinian Accounting Association, and the Palestinian Farmers Association.
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Prof. Abdulaziz Al-Sharabati, جامعة الشرق الأوسط، كلية الاعمال ، قسم إدارة الاعمال، عمان ، الأردن
Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz Ahmed Aref Al-Sharabati is a distinguished professor at the Faculty of Business, Department of Business Administration, Middle East University in Amman, Jordan. With nearly four decades of academic experience, he holds a Ph.D. in Business Management with a specialization in Intellectual Capital from Amman Arab University, an MBA from Al-Quds University, and a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from Shivaji University in India. His research interests span corporate governance, supply chain management, quality assurance in higher education, and service quality, and he has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals. Prof. Al-Sharabati is also the author of the book Innovative Strategies for Implementing FinTech in Banking (IGI Global, 2021). In addition to his research, he serves as a reviewer, evaluator, and editorial board member for several academic journals, contributing significantly to advancing knowledge in business administration and management.
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Prof. Ali Hadi Attia Matar Al-Hilali, Professor at the College of Law, University of Baghdad, Iraq
He holds a PhD in Public Law from the University of Baghdad. He served as Dean of the College of Law at the University of Baghdad, in addition to holding the position of Advisor to the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Advisor to the Danish Institute for Human Rights, and Advisor to the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). He has authored several books related to the general theory of constitutional interpretation, the legal status of the fetus in light of medical research, assisted reproductive technologies, administrative justice, and new trends in direct taxation. He has published numerous research papers related to law in Arab and international journals, and has supervised several master's and doctoral theses in public law. He has also served as Editor-in-Chief of specialized journals in the State of Iraq.
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Prof. Bahaa Abu Awwad, Assistant Branch Director for Academic Affairs, Department of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, Palestine
Dr. Bahaa Abu Awwad is Professor of Financial Management at the College of Business and Economics, Department of Computerized Banking and Financial Sciences, Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie. He earned his PhD in Financial Management from Amman Arab University, Jordan, and has more than 20 years of academic experience.
His research interests focus on financial analysis, governance, financial markets, risk management, corporate financial performance, and financial technology, with extensive expertise in institutional governance.
Dr. Abu Awwad has published numerous research papers in highly ranked and top-tier journals, including Banks and Bank Systems, Journal of Decision Systems, Competitiveness Review, Investment Management and Financial Innovations, and the International Journal of Law and Management.
In addition to his research, he has served as a reviewer for several international finance journals and is currently an associate editor and editorial board member for multiple international journals.
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Prof. Jihad Yassin, Georgia Military College, University of Georgia - USA
Professor Jihad Yassin is an economist based in the United States. Dr. Jihad has over 35 years of practical and academic experience in the United States. He previously served as a professor of economics, dean of the Faculty of Arts, and dean of the College of Public Administration in the states of Georgia and Texas in the United States, as well as in Kuwait. He also served as a visiting professor at An-Najah National University. He has published numerous research papers in academic journals related to banking, economics, and development, and has supervised numerous master's and doctoral theses in the United States and Arab countries.
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Prof. Raúl Pérez Guerra, Professor at the College of Law/University of Almería – Spain, [email protected]
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Prof. Said Mohammad Alkhatib, Faculty of Business, University of Jordan, Jordan,
Professor Saeed Al-Khatib holds a PhD in Economics from Kansas State University (USA) in 1988. He specialized in monetary theory, econometrics, and applied statistics. He has served as a Professor of Economics in the Department of Business Economics at the University of Jordan; a Professor in the Department of Economics, Finance, and Banking at Al Ain University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is also a Professor in the Department of Business Economics at Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Jordanian Journal of Economic Sciences at the University of Jordan and Dean of Scientific Research and Graduate Studies at Al Ain University of Science and Technology. He has supervised numerous master's and doctoral theses at Jordanian and Arab universities and has published research papers in Arab and international journals.
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Prof. Salah Zain Al-Din, College of Law, Lusail University, Doha, Qatar
Professor Salah Zain Al-Din is a Professor of Private Law at Lusail University. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Alexandria University, his Master’s degree from Cairo University, and his Ph.D. from the University of New Delhi.
Between 1995 and 2005, Prof. Salah held academic positions at several prestigious Jordanian universities, including the University of Jordan and Isra University, where he served as Chair of the Private Law Department and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law.
Since 2005, he has joined leading universities across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), such as Qatar University, Sultan Qaboos University, Ajman University, University of Sharjah, the American University in the Emirates, and Al Ghurair University, where he also served as Dean of the Faculty of Law.
Prof. Salah’s academic contributions to Private Law cover areas such as Intellectual Property, Commercial Law, and Maritime Law. He has authored several books, articles, and research papers, and has actively participated in numerous academic conferences.
Since 1983, he has also practiced law, providing legal consultancy to governments, universities, and corporations. In addition, he has appeared as a legal analyst on major media platforms, including Al Jazeera, Alhurra, and Jordan TV.
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Prof. Sayed Ahmed Sayed, Professor at the Faculty of Law,Ain Shams University, Egypt.
Professor Dr. Sayed holds a PhD in private law, specializing in civil procedure law, from France. He has worked as a professor of private law at Egyptian universities and the University of Sharjah. He has supervised master's and doctoral theses in private law, in addition to publishing legal research papers in Arab Journals, French, and international journals.
Editorial Technical Secretary
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Ms. Ikhlas Tammam, Deanship of Scientific Research, An-Najah National University, Palestine
Editorial IT Assistant
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Eng Lubna kino, Deanship of Scientific Research, An-Najah National University, Palestine
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