Year and Place of Birth: 1938, Al-Fayoum,
Egypt.Education:
- B.A. in Economics, Cairo University, 1960.
- M.A. in Economics, University of Illinois, 1964.
- Ph.D. in Economics, University of Southern California, 1975
(Major: Monetary and Financial Economics).
Work Experience:
- Taught at University of South California, California State
University, American University in Cairo, Institute of National
Planning, Cairo, and Cairo University.
- Served as Economist, Institute of National Planning, Cairo.
- Director, Economic and Policy Planning, as well as Division
Chief & Senior Economist, IDB (1976-79). During this period, he was
closely associated with developing an Islamic scheme for financing
trade among IDB member countries.
- Technical Editor of the Joint Arab Economic Report.
- Secretary General of the Council of Governors of Arab Central
Banks at the Arab Monetary Fund, Abu Dhabi.
- Director, Islamic Research & Training Institute (IRTI), IDB.
Publications:
- In Economics, he published books and articles, many of which
dealing with the Arab region. In Islamic Economics, he published on
the comparative efficiency of interest-free and conventional
economies in 1976 and on the monetary and financial structure of the
Islamic economic system in 1981, in addition to several articles on
Islamic economics, banking and finance.
Membership:
- A long-time member of the American Economic Association, the
Royal Economic Society, the European Economic Association, the
Econometric Society and several other professional groups.
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