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Dr. Habib Ahmed is a professor and Sharjah Chair of Islamic Law and Finance at the business school at Durham University. Prior to Durham University, he worked at the National Commerce Bank and the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank Group in Saudi Arabia; he also taught at the University of Connecticut, National University of Singapore, and University of Bahrain. Ahmed’s research interests include Islamic economics and finance, contemporary applications of Islamic commercial law, and non-profit organizations, and he has authored/edited more than 65 publications, including Product Development in Islamic Banks (2011) and Role of Zakat and Awqaf in Poverty Alleviation (2004).