Dr. Tawfik Azrak hold PhD in Islamic Banking and Finance from the Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance (International Islamic University Malaysia) and he works as assistant professor at Social Sciences University of Ankara (ASBU). Previous to this, he worked at the International Shari'ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA) for two years, and did a practical training in Shari’ah department at Asian Finance Bank. He has published several articles and research papers dealing with various issues related to the Islamic banking and finance, both in Arabic and English languages. He achieved his Master in Islamic Finance from The Global University of Islamic Finance (INCEIF) in 2013; where he got a scholarship from the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI). During his Master’s study he worked as a research assistance at INCEIF. He got a bachelor degree from Damascus University in Economics in the year 2010.