WFSF Middle East and North Africa Chapter

Dr. Federico Fusco is an Italian national, working as Assistant Professor of Law in the College of Law at PMU, KSA.
He received his Master degree in Law from University of Napoli Federico II, Italy, in 2010, a post-master specialization degree in EU Law from the same university in 2011, and his PhD. in Law and Economics from the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa and Florence, Italy, in 2015.
In addition, he has passed the bar exam in Italy and he has been working as a lawyer from 2010 to 2019, becoming partner of an Italian law firm.
Dr. Fusco has several years of experience in teaching, research and curriculum development at graduate and undergraduate levels. From 2017 to 2019, he has worked as a post doc in business law at the EQUIS accredited School of Economics and Management of Lund University, Sweden. In this context, he has completed several pedagogical courses, strengthening his abilities as a teacher.
In his career, Dr. Fusco has thought law related subjects in numerous courses, from bachelor to master and post-master levels in both Italian and Swedish universities.
His research interests include labour law, privacy law, comparative law, gig economy and industrial relations. Dr. Fusco is the author of a wide number of scientific publications in refereed journals and international conference proceedings. In 2018, he has created an international study group, which organizes university professors, ILO officers and lawyers from Brazil, Cambodia, Italy, South Africa and Sweden and has already presented his findings during two world labour law conferences.
Dr. Fusco speaks Italian (native speaker), English and French (proficiency level) and Spanish and Swedish (elementary).The goal of Dr. Fusco at PMU University is to prepare new generations of jurists, able to face the legal challenges that individuals and economic entities from KSA will increasingly face in the contemporary globalized economy.

An Algerian academic and researcher who obtained the rank of professor in 2017 and a doctorate in 2010. Founding member and member of the Executive Office of the Arab Association for Future Studies from 2012 to now.
He headed several research groups affiliated with the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education, as well as a research on micro-violence in Algerian schools within a research project of the National Center for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology. He authored several books, including school climate, and published several articles in refereed journals. He has held a number of specialized conferences outside Algeria, and he has assumed many responsibilities, including Vice President of the University for External Relations and Director of a research laboratory on youth and social problems.
An arbitrator member of many refereed scientific journals, inside and outside Algeria, he founded in 2019 AD the Journal of Studies, which is an international journal.
Member of a number of specialized Arab scientific institutions and specialized scientific organizations.

Dr. Abdelnasser Abdelaal – Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. His research, training and consolation interests include ethics of artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence for development, sustainability, artificial intelligence driven business models, international collaboration, innovation management, entrepreneurship driven education, and organizational structure. He served as an academic, trainer, and consultant in Egypt, U.S.A., Oman, and Saudi Arabia. A member of the American Association for Information Systems and the ITU Focus Group on Environmental Efficiency for Artificial Intelligence & other Emerging Technologies. Some of his articles and views have been published on the Arabic edition of Harvard Business Review.

Dr. Najma Saleem is PhD in Mathematics and is currently working at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University in Saudi Arabia as an assistant professor of Mathematics. Her interests include computational fluid dynamics, physiological flows, nanofluid flows, entropy analysis, heat and mass transfer etc. She has received “Research Productivity Award” for 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 by Pakistan Council for Science and Technology, Islamabad. She has received “Outstanding Research & Scholarly Activities Award” and “Certificate of Appreciation” for 2020 by vice president at PMU. She has authored thirty plus publications in ISI ranked journals. She is also reviewer of many highly reputed international journals. She has successfully completed funded research projects. She is doing research in collaboration with many national and international researchers.

Moayad holds a Ph.D. in International Tourism Management and Planification from the University of Malaga, Spain. Also, he has MBA and B.A. in Business Administration from Jordan. For the past nine years, Moayad has enjoyed a combination of research and technical experience in the tourism field. During his studies at the University of Malaga, he conducted empirical research on tourism management in the Petra region, also he has published original articles in quality journals, and participating in international conferences.
Moayad has extensive experience working in the tourism sector, through management and consultant roles in the public sector. Also, he has comprehensive knowledge in social science research including both qualitative and quantitative research approaches.
His research interests include conflicts created by tourism between officials and local communities, also he is interested in how tourism can be the key to gender equality, Poverty Reduction, and climate change solutions.
Moayad has Intercultural mediation skills in which he can connect educational instantiations and tourism organizations.

Dr. Mohammad Thalji received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia. He earned his MS degree in Chemistry from Yarmouk University, Jordan in 2011 and a BSc degree in Applied Chemistry from Tafila Technical University, Jordan in 2006. His research interest focuses on the synthesis of novel materials, their characterization using a wide variety of techniques, and their possible use for several energy applications.

Future Research is constant and significant in many fields, believing that Architecture and design are imagining the world before others do, to enhance the quality of life and achieve safety in design.
Highly motivated, self-learning Architect and Interior Architect with more than eight years of experience in local and international architectural firms, working on: mixed-use Laboratory, commercial, residential, hospitality, healthcare, mosques, educational, Landscaping and industrial projects and managing design process through all phases of the design, starting with requirements, building code and regulations, to the concept development, detailed design, specifications and construction phase.
It has always been a desire and passion to integrated with environment to develop a sustainable design utilising the knowledge and techniques of designing residential and public settings, Accessibility and Universal Design, also knowledge in Sustainable programs, managing design process through all phases of the design, Originally, graduated in 2009 from King Faisal University, college of architecture and planning as interior architect, after that finalized master degree of Architecture from Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University.
In addition, work experience has developed my proficient skills such working with clients, In addition to that, managing estimation, controlling project budget, organizing the tasks for the team while mentioning the Quality of the Project and Submissions in all design process.

I am honoured to be a member of the International Federation for Future Studies in the Middle East and Africa.
Dr. Faten Ahmed Abu Bakr, Ph.D. in business administration, specializing in human resources, experience in teaching the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, quality and academic accreditation, as well as in management consultancy and organizational restructuring in Saudi and Egyptian universities, the Institute of Public Administration, the University of Tabuk, King Faisal University, the Institute of Business Administration and Computers in Cairo, and administrative development consultant Colleges of the East, as well as experience in training, a diploma of preparing trainers from the University of Pittsburgh in USA, as well as participating in a number of international conferences with working papers.
The Role of High-Performance Work System (HPWS) In Developing (HRM) practices in Educational institutions “Case study: Arab East Colleges.”, International Conference on Business Management and Social Innovation,8th February 2021 Florence | Italy.
The relationship between ineffective methods of applying quality management and functional combustion in Arab Universities.9th International Conference on Business and Economic Development (ICBED) 6-7th April 2020 in New York, USA.

Thomas F. Connolly is Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University and is affiliated with the Center for Futuristic Studies. He is the author of three books: George Jean Nathan and the Making of Modern American Drama Criticism, Genus Envy: Nationalities, Identities, and the Performing Body of Work, and British Aisles: Studies in English and Irish Drama, and dozens of articles. He serves on the editorial boards of several scholarly journals. He has been a consultant and commentator for the BBC, The New York Times, The New Yorker, CBS, PBS, and NPR. Dr. Connolly has also worked in state government and for the Department of State’s United States Information Service. A former Fulbright Senior Scholar, Dr. Connolly is the recipient of the Parliamentary Medal of the Czech Republic, awarded for “the educational improvement of the nation.” His next book “Good-bye Good Ol’ USA: What America Lost in World War II” is forthcoming from PMU Press.

Dr. Hamzah Elrehail serves as an Assistant Professor of Management at Abu Dhabi School of Management, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. His research spans into leadership, HRM, innovation management, knowledge management and strategy. He published several papers in ISI and Scopus indexed journals such as Computers in Human Behaviour, Telematics and Informatics, Journal of Workplace Learning, Journal of Information Technology, Journal of Innovation & Knowledge and Journal of Intellectual Capital.

Thamer Alkhamis is a Senior Electrical Engineering student (EE) in the College of Engineering at Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University. Mr. Alkhamis is a member of the Society of Petroleum and Engineering and Chairman of the Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University student branch of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He also a leading and active coordinator in the Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University Students Council, PMUer Vision. He participated as an ambassador in the Eastern Province Youth Council. Mr. Alkhamis has a cumulative GPA of 3.64 (Third Honour). In the Fall of 2019 and 2020, Mr. Alkhamis achieved the Dean’s List in both terms. He was working as a Quality Supervisor for one of the biggest local restaurants, while studying full time. Mr. Alkhamis’ interest in this project stems from his belief that with the current rapid global developments, we can improve our learning experiences through research and well-recommended technology policies that could have a positive impact on the next generation of learners at PMU.

Hayat Khalid Alabdulwahed is a Law student at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University in Saudi Arabia and the president of the Futures Studies Club at PMU. She also worked as a legal trainee at Ittihad Aladalah law firm for two months. Besides, Hayat has been working as a part-time assistant at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Center for Futuristic Studies (PMFCFS) since September 2020. In April 2021, she joined the Professional Speakers Toastmasters Club as a member. Hayat enjoys volunteering and community involvement. Hence, she is a volunteer at King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), PMU Law Club, and Ertiqaa Association.

In April 2021, Alabdulwahed participated in the PMU Law Club Competition, which involved writing and presenting a legal brief, and won third place. Hayat published her research paper entitled “Legislative Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: The overlapping work of the Shura Council and the Council of Ministers in issuing legislation“ at PMU’s library, PMU’s Authors section in her junior year at the university. Ms. Alabdulwahed is currently working on Student-led research entitled “Exploring Cyberlearning at PMU” which received a research grant from PMFCFS in cooperation with World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF) in Paris as a part of the Research Grants Program in its second edition.

Al Danah Abdulaziz is a management information systems student at Prince Muhammad Bin Fahd University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She has been working as a part-time assistant at the Prince Muhammad Bin Fahd Center for Future Studies (PMFCFS) since September 12, 2021. Al Danah volunteered at King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) as a business organization for 6 months.

Haidar Sabbagh is a currently a professor in Physics whose research is on spiral waves, their nonlinear dynamics and spatiotemporal chaos, as an example of complex systems and as a model for cardiac arrhythmias. After completing his BS and Master’s degrees in Physics at the American University of Beirut, he did his PhD at the University of Leeds in the UK. Then, he pursued postdoctoral fellowships also at Leeds and at McGill University in Canada where he developed a statistical mechanics model for the diffusion of polymer melts. In addition to teaching physics and publishing research work in physics journals, like Phys. Lett. A, Physica A, Chaos Solitons and Fractals, he taught Mathematics and Statistics courses. He acquired long and rich research and teaching experience in three continents. After teaching finance courses at the Holy Spirit University in Lebanon, he developed interest in business and finance. He finished an MBA and the CQF certificate in quantitative finance (Financial Engineering program by Paul Wilmott, London) and taught business finance courses in Paris. In addition to his research interests in spiral waves nonlinear dynamics and spatiotemporal chaos, other interests include how to model an organization as a complex adaptive system, Monte Carlo simulations of options pricing, stochastic dynamics and Brownian motion in ratchets.

Graduated from Prince Muhammad Bin Fahd University with a major in Financial Management from 2017.

Omar Masmali, Ph.D. is a faculty member at the department of computer and information technology at Dammam College of Technology in Saudi Arabia since 2004. Dr. Masmali received a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Texas, United States. He received his Master’s degree in computer science with a specialization in Software Engineering from the University of Wollongong, Australia in 2008 and a Bachelor of Computer and Information Systems from King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia in 2003. His research interests lie in the field of software engineering, data science, and digitization. More specifically, he is interested in software quality and sustainability, software metrics that can be applied proactively to measure software design and code quality, and the secure process of converting information and data into a digital format. Dr. Masmali is a faculty member with professional experience in college teaching, a researcher with many publications in national and international journals and conferences. Some other academic activities include academic curriculum development, and department administration.

Dr. Mostafa Bouhbouh is a Moroccan researcher in Islamic studies area, particularly fundamental and purposeful studies. He got his bachelor’s degree in Islamic Studies from Mohamed the First University in 2012. In 2014, he got his MA degree from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University and in 2021 he got his PhD in Jurespredence and fundamentals from Mohamed the First University in Oujda. He is a head of an association and a trainer in self-development and educational leadership. Bouhbouh published a couple of books and pieces of research. He is the coordinator of the editorial board of Al-Sabah centre website in addition to directing Islamic and legal studies team for Beit International Linguistics Academy. He is also a member in a couple of Research Centres and academic platforms.

My research focuses in the field on applied artificial intelligence in health and uses artificial intelligence methods to process and analyze large amounts of data for pattern recognition. Working on data collected from a variety of sources and comprises molecular profiles, medical records, digital biomarkers and social media activity to improve healthcare delivery.

Dr. Eman Jaber Ahmed Mahmoud received her PhD specializing in Communication and Networking where she was awarded several scholarships, which is the degree of philosophy in engineering sciences in electrical engineering in 2019. She had got many awards, including the National Telecommunication Institute - Ministry of Communications and Information Technology award, the Faculty of Electronic Engineering / Menoufia University award 2003. Dr. Iman held positions & work experience and was a management consultant from the Center for Research and Commercial Studies, as well as technical knowledge and a CCNA certificate. She participated in the activities as she was the chairperson of the Academic Guidance Committee of the Students of the Modern Academy for Engineering and Technology.

Professor Khanfusi Abdelaziz is a permanent university professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science, Dr. Moulay Taher University, Saida State, Algeria.

• He Holds a master’s degree in developments in the development of public law, specializing in economic, financial and tax legislation, during the thirtieth of May of the year 2007, Institute of Legal and Administrative Sciences, University Center Dr. Moulay Taher, State of Saida, Algeria, and the title of the thesis was as follows: “Transformations” The global economy and its impact on the Algerian tax system.
• The researcher has participated in numerous international conferences and national forums, published a significant number of books in various disciplines of law, and published a large number of articles in both international and national journals.
• Recipient of the Medal of Scholar Active in the Activities of the Aradi Science Platform for the year 2021: 17/05/2020, as part of our “I Want” platform, which is a global platform bringing together Arab-speaking scientists, experts and researchers, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Recipient of the Distinguished Page Order of 2020 by the I Want Science Platform dated: 06/05/2021, as part of our “I Want” platform, which is a global platform bringing together Arab-speaking scientists, experts and researchers, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Recipient of the World Women’s and Children’s Forum Shield - Swedish-Iraq Studies Network (SISN), this is in the framework of the first high-profile international virtual conference held on 11-12 February 2021.
• Medal is an active researcher at the I Want Science Platform event for 2020. 25/04/2020, as part of our accession to the “I Want” platform, which is a global platform bringing together Arab-speaking scientists, experts and researchers, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Dr. Enas Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sheety holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Business Administration, specializing in Management Information Systems, Sadat Academy for Administrative Sciences, 2009.

• From 2010 - 8/2019: Assistant Professor of Information Technology, College of Computer, Qassim University
• 2019 - now: Assistant Professor - College of Administrative Sciences and Administration - Buraidah National Colleges, Qassim

Published

1. Analytics of Big Data in Saudi Banks, Their Reality and Level of Financing Support, Alexandria Journal of Administrative Sciences, Alexandria, Egypt, Volume 58, Issue Three, April 2021.
2. The role of Saudi universities in harmonizing the outputs of higher education and the requirements of sustainable development (2030) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an analytical study of the views of the administrative leaders at Qassim University, the International Journal of Economics, Amman, Jordan, Volume IX, Issue III, October 2020.

• Member of the Egyptian Association for Information Systems and Computer Technology, Egypt

Dr. Ahmed Said held his Ph.D in Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Tours, France. He was the Head of the English Studies Department at the University of Nouakchott, Mauritania and educational program specialist at ISESCO 1996-1997. Dr. Ahmed held several positions, as he was the Head of the Islamic and Arab Cooperation Department at ISESCO 1997 - 2000, the Head of the Secretariat of ISESCO‘s General Conference and the Executive Council, as well as the Head of the General Secretariat of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUWI) 2001-2004.

Ashraf Mohamed Abdel Qader Samhan. Nationality: Jordanian.

Academic Qualifications: Doctorate degree in criminal law - University of Jordan - with distinction - 2014.

Current position: Assistant Professor of Criminal Law at Al-Jouf University - Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the academic year 1436/1437 AH (date 6/9/2015) to date.

Published Researches: A group of researches, including:

• “The rules governing the criminal case are listed according to the gravity of the crime” - published in the Journal of Law and Political Science, King Saud University in Volume (30) No. 2 2018.
• “Criminal Confrontation for Media Employment in Terrorism Crimes - A Comparative Study in the Egyptian and Jordanian Penal Codes”, published in the Spirit of Laws Journal - Faculty of Law, Tanta University, Issue (83), C (2), July 2018 issue.
• “Admissibility of the testimony of children in the crimes of physical abuse committed against them - a study in the laws of the countries of the Anglo-American system”, accepted for publication in the Security and Law Journal - Dubai Police College, on 7/4/2020.
• “The adequacy of the evidence justifying conducting the inspection”, published in the Journal of Law and Political Science - King Saud University, Volume (32), Part (2), July 2020.
• “The justifications for inspection are listed according to its type”, published in the Jordanian Journal of Law and Political Science - Mutah University, Volume (11), Issue (1), 2019.
• “The material sufficiency of the evidence justifying the arrest warrant”, published in issue (33) of the Journal of Law - University of Bahrain, dated 1/3/2020

Assistant Professor, Law Department, Arab East Colleges for Graduate Studies, Saudi Arabia

Name and surname: Muhammad Al-Amin Kamal

Nationality: Algerian

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

Work place: Law Department, Arab East Colleges for Graduate Studies, Riyadh

General Specialization: Public Law

Specialization: Administrative Law

Qualifications and Academic Posts:

• Ph.D. in Public Law, University of Abu Bakr Tlemcen, Algeria.
• University qualification (Associate Professor’s Certificate), Ibn Khaldoun University, Tiaret.
• Certificate of Professional Competency for Lawyers, University of Tlemcen, Algeria.
• Head of the PRFU training research project entitled: “The Role of Construction and Building Legislation in Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development”, Ibn Khaldoun University of Tiaret, Algeria.
• Published many articles and research in national and international scientific journals.
• 4 books have been published in the field of reconstruction and construction and local and regional groups.
• Arbitrator in many national and international scientific journals.
• Member of several committees for discussing master’s notes and doctoral theses (supervisor, chairperson, discussant).
• Editor-in-chief of a magazine specialized in reconstruction and construction, from March 2017 to January 2021, issued by Ibn Khaldoun University of Tiaret, Algeria.

Interested in the research of deep machine learning applications in different domains. My research focuses on applying deep machine learning techniques with a goal to build biomedical, and health informatics solutions. Current projects are related to artificial intelligence technologies adoption in healthcare settings including precision medicine and precision pharma.

A master student in International Relations at faculty of economic studies and political science – Alexandria University, Mr. Muhammad focuses his interest in International relations Issues and Future Studies & Strategic Foresight.