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Dr. Syed Nazim Ali is a Research Professor and Director of the Research Division, College of Islamic Studies (CIS), at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar Foundation. Dr. Ali has spent the last thirty years spearheading interdisciplinary research in Islamic finance and faith-based initiatives in finance as well as community development. He was the Founding Director of the Islamic Finance Project (IFP) at Harvard Law School, Harvard University since 1995. He has played a lead role in organizing several conferences and seminars by observing global trends creating forums for intellectual debates. Some of Dr Ali’s most significant contributions to the field have been the Islamic Finance Databank : an online information source in the field ; LSE (London School of Economics) Workshop : an annual event to discuss the current pressing issues facing the field, which is now being held at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London; and the Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance , the proceedings of which are published under his editorship. Recently he was the co-director of Gulf Research Management Workshop at the University of Cambridge on Fintech, Digital Currency and the Future of Islamic Finance in the GCC- Strategy, Operational and Regulatory Issues Dr. Ali has been actively involved with the U.S. Treasury, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, U.S. Department of the Treasury, and central banks in other countries, working to improve understanding of and combat misconceptions about the Islamic Finance Industry. Most of his work focuses on Social Financing, Islamic Finance, Islamic Information Systems, In late 2014 since he joined HBKU, he has transformed the Islamic Economics and Finance activities through partnership and collaborations both within Qatar and outside Qatar. A few projects which are noteworthy among them are the annual CEOs and Islamic Finance Roundtable, International conferences in collaboration with several international stakeholders, and annual workshops sponsored by Qatar Financial Center to create better understanding and promoting the phenomenon of Islamic Finance among various quarters. Over the period of four years CIS has become a major hub for the transfer of knowledge and scholarship in Islamic Finance.

Career

Dr. Ali started working at King Faisal University – Dammam and Al-Hasa, as a Director of Libraries in the year 1976, where he established the University Library system. He later moved to Bahrain to join the University College of Bahrain in 1984, which later was merged with Gulf Polytechnic forming as University of Bahrain. During those years, Bahrain was emerging as a hub for Islamic Finance in the region. Dr. Ali got introduced to this fast-emerging field of Islamic Finance, and provided him ample opportunity to know and serve the field, and as a new global market player. He incorporated his knowledge of Information Science to help grow the Islamic Finance in academia. He is affiliated with Center of Islamic Finance in Bolton University. Currently he is also serving as an Academic Advisor to Harvard Muslim Alumni Association in the organization of Harvard Islamic Finance Conference. During his long academic career, he has supervised a number of Ph.D. theses in the universities in U.S., U.K., Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. He has also been an external examiner for a lot of Doctoral theses. He has been and continues to be associated with a number of academic journals as an editorial advisory board member. He has served on numerous committees and participated in many conferences in various parts of the world. He is a very helpful for all and shares his valuable knowledge in the society, playing key roles in advising academic as well as relevant corporate institutions. Presently he resides in Doha, Qatar.

Education

Ali holds a Ph.D. (1983) from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Great Britain, and BA (1970) from the famous Osmania University Science College in Hyderabad, India.

Books

HE is the author if several books including:


 * Ali, S.Nazim. and Nisar S. (eds.) Takaful and Islamic Cooperative Finance: Challenges and Opportunities,  Cheltenham, U.K:  Edward Elgar, 2016, 345p. ISBN 978-1-78536 335-1
 * Ali, S.Nazim.; Oseni, U; and Nisar, S (eds.) Islamic Finance and Development, Cambridge: Massachusetts, Harvard Law School, Islamic Finance Project, 2014, 315p. ISBN 0-9702835-8-X
 * Ali, S. Nazim. (ed.) Building Bridges across Financial Communities: The Global Financial Crisis, Social Responsibility, and Faith-Based Finance, Cambridge: Massachusetts, Harvard Law School, Islamic Finance Project, 2012, 334p. ISBN 0-9702835-9-8
 * Ali, S.Nazim. (ed.) Shari‘a-Compliant Microfinance, London: Routledge, 2011, 295p. ISBN 978041578266-1
 * Ali, S. Nazim. (ed.) Islamic Finance: Innovation and Authenticity, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Law School, Islamic Finance Project, 2010, 320p. ISBN 0-970-2835-7-1
 * Ali, S.Nazim. (ed.) Integrating Islamic Finance into the Mainstream: Regulation, Standardization, and Transparency, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Law School, Islamic Finance Project, 261p. 2007, ISBN 0-9702835-6-3
 * Ali, S.Nazim. (ed.) Islamic Finance: Current Legal and Regulatory Issues. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Law School, Islamic Finance Project, 2005, 222p. ISBN 0-9702835-5-5
 * Ali, S.Nazim. and Ali, Naseem N. Information Sources on Islamic Banking and Economics 1980-90. London: Routledge, 1994, 362p.  (ISBN 0-7103-0486-2)


 * Ali. S.Nazim. (ed.). Acquisition of Scientific Literature in Developing Countries. (Special issue of Information Management ), London: Mansell Pub. London, 1989, 123p.

He has published numerous journal articles, including:

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 * Ali, Syed Nazim. “Building Trust in Islamic Finance Products and Services” Society and Business Review,
 * Ali, S. Nazim. “Moving Towards Community Driven Islamic Finance” Journal of Islamic Business and Management, 7 (1), 2017, pp. 11-27
 * Nu’Man, R and Ali, S Nazim. “Islamic Economics and Finance Education: Consensus on Reform” Journal of Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance, 12 (3), 2016, pp.75-97
 * Ali, S Nazim and Nisar, S. “The Significance of Faith-based Ethical Principles in Responding to the Recurring Financial Crises.” Journal of Islamic Banking and Finance, 33 (4), 2016, pp. 24-35
 * Rahman, S.M; Ali, S.S; Ali, S.Nazim “Financing Sovereign Developmental Activities Through Non-Interest Bearing Instruments”, Journal of Islamic Finance, 5 (1), 2016, pp. 26-44
 * Ali, S Nazim. The Use and Abuse of Limited Liabilities. New Horizon, No. 191, 2014, pp. 43-46.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Islamic Finance at Harvard. Economic Cooperative and Development Review, 7 (1), 2014, pp.23-41
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Perceptions Surrounding the Contemporary Practice of Islamic Finance. New Horizon, July-September, No. 138, 2013, pp. 12-16
 * Ali, S. Nazim. and Syed, Abdur-Rahman. Post-9/11 Perceptions of Islamic Finance. International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue 39, 2010, pp. 27-39.
 * Rehman, Aamir and Ali, S. N. Islamic Finance: The New Global Player. Harvard Business Review, February 2008, pp.43
 * Ali, S. Nazim. Islamic Finance and Economics as Reflected in Research and Publications. Review of Islamic Economics, 12(1), 2008, pp. 151-168.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Innovation and Authenticity. New Horizon, October-December, 2008, pp. 1-3.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Financing the Poor: Towards Islamic Microfinance. New Horizon, July-September, 2007. pp. 18-20.
 * Ali, S.Nazim; Young, H.C; and Ali, N.M. Determining the quality of publications and research for tenure or promotion decisions: a preliminary checklist to asset.  Library Review, Vol. 45, 1996, pp. 39-52.
 * Al-Qaisi, M and Ali, S.Nazim. Searching CD-ROM databases for non-English speaking users. New Library World (MCB Pub. London), 1995, pp. 24-27.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Subject relationship between articles determined by co-occurrence of keywords in citing and cited titles. Journal of Information Science (Elsevier, Amsterdam), Vol. 19, 1993, pp. 1-7.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Information on Islamic banking and economics as represented by selected databases. International Journal of Information Management (Butterworth, Oxford), Vol. 13, 1993, pp. 205-219.
 * Ali, S. Nazim. and Young, H.C. Information access through CD-ROM and its impact upon faculty research output: a case of University in third countries. Microcomputers for Information Management (Ablex Pub. New Jersey), Vol. 9, 1992, pp. 177-189.
 * Young, H.C. and Ali, S.Nazim. The Gulf war and its effect on information and library services in the Arabian Gulf with particular reference to the State of Bahrain. Journal of Information Science (Elsevier, Holland), Vol. 18, 1992, pp. 453-462.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. and Tikku, U.K. Postdoctoral research in library and information science: is there a need?  Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (ALISE, Sarasota, Florida), Vol. 31, 1991, pp. 362-364.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. and Tikku, U.K. Postdoctoral research in library and information science: is there a need?  Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (ALISE, Sarasota, Florida), Vol. 31, 1991, pp. 362-364.


 * Ali, S.Nazim. Database on optical discs and their potential in developing countries. Journal of the American Society for Information Science (Wiley, New York), Vol. 41, 1990, pp. 238-244.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Science and technology information transfer in developing countries: some problems and suggestions. Journal of Information Science (Elsevier, Holland), Vol. 15, 1990, pp. 81-93.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Serials management in developing countries. The Serials Librarian (Haworth Press, New York) Vol. 18, 1990, pp. 147-154.

He has edited mutiple proceedings and authored a plethora of book chapters.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Science and technology information transfer in developing countries: some problems and suggestions. Journal of Information Science (Elsevier, Holland), Vol. 15, 1990, pp. 81-93.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Information on CD-ROM: a directory 2: Factual databanks and full-text files. Information Management (Mansell, Pub. London), Vol. 5, 1989, pp.41-45.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Acquisition of scientific literature in developing countries – 5: Arab Gulf Countries. Information Management (Mansell Pub. London), Vol. 5, 1989, pp. 108-115.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. CD-ROM databases as an alternative means to online information: the experience of a university library in developing countries. Microcomputers for Information Management (Ablex Publishing, New Jersey), Vol. 5, 1989, pp. 197-202.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Information on CD-ROM: a directory 2: Factual databanks and full-text files. Information Management (Mansell, Pub. London), Vol. 5, 1989, pp.41-45.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Acquisition of scientific literature in developing countries – 5: Arab Gulf Countries. Information Management (Mansell Pub. London), Vol. 5, 1989, pp. 108-115.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. CD-ROM databases as an alternative means to online information: the experience of a university library in developing countries. Microcomputers for Information Management (Ablex Publishing, New Jersey), Vol. 5, 1989, pp. 197-202.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Library and information science literature: research results. International Library Review (Academic Press, London), Vol. 17, 1985, pp. 117-128.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Library science research: some results of its dissemination and utilization. Libri (Munksgaard, Copenhagen), Vol. 35, 1985, pp. 151-162.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Information seeking-behavior of Scotland’s library practitioners. Library Review (MCB Pub. London), Vol. 33, 1984, pp. 219-224.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Saudi Arabia University Libraries, International Leads (ALA, Chicago), 1984.
 * Ali, S.Nazim. Food Science and Technology Literature: A Bibliotmetric Study, SRELS Journal of Information Management (Bangalore, India), 1983.