Editorial team

  • Editor-in-Chief

  • Professor Sonia Mallek, Professor of Civil Law, College of Law, Qatar University

    Curriculum Vitae

     

    Email: selleuch@qu.edu.qa

    ORCID: 0000-0003-4019-3620

    Bio: Dr. Sonia Mallek, Professor of Civil Law, received her PhD in Private Law and Criminology from El-Manar University in Tunis. Dr. Sonia Mallek attended Tunisian universities and was appointed as a visiting professor at the University of Aix-en-Provence in France in 2012. She also held the position of Head of Private Law Department at the Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences in Tunis. She participated in many local and international conferences, and joined the College of Law, Qatar University in 2014. She wrote many research papers in Arabic and French and also participated, chaired many committees inside and outside the college. She supervised several masters and doctoral theses and studied several courses related to comparative civil law, combating corruption in the business field, and encouraging investment and professional responsibility. Prof. Sonia headed a Qatar National Research Fund Grant Working Group from 2019 to 2021. She has numerous publications in international journals on various topics in the field of civil responsibility, family law, private life and legislative drafting.

  • Assistant Editor

  • Professor Eman Naboush, College of Law, Qatar University.

    Curriculum Vitae

     

    Email: enaboush@qu.edu.qa

    ORCID: 0000-0003-1182-821X

    SCOPUS author ID: 57218628319

    Research Gate ID : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eman-Naboush-2

    Bio: Dr. Eman Naboush is an Assistant Professor of Commercial Law at Qatar University. She has accomplished a PhD degree in Commercial Law/Air Law from Glasgow Caledonian University (UK), an LLM degree in Commercial and Maritime Law from Swansea University (UK), and a bachelor’s degree in law from Damascus University (Syria). She has taught at several universities in UAE, Oman and Syria at both levels undergraduate and postgraduate. She has presented and attended several international conferences and symposiums. She published several articles in international peer-reviewed journals and indexed in SCOPUS. Her research interests are Transport Law, Consumer Protection Law, International Trade Law, Insurance Law, Business Law, Aviation Law, Maritime Law and Civil Liability. She has contributed to the development of the curricula through participation in several committees at the University of Sharjah (UOS). She contributed to the preparation of the academic accreditation file for the Master Program in Air and Space Law and the academic accreditation file for the bachelor degree at UOS. At Sohar University, she participated in preparing the report of Sohar University to the (OAAA). In addition, she was a member in the committee for the preparation of the strategic plan of the Faculty of Law at UOS.

  • Editorial Committee

    1. Professor Peter Malanczuk, member of the International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme People’s Court of China, former dean and chair professor, Faculty of Law, the University of Hong Kong (HKU).

      Email: mail@malanzczuk.com

      Bio: Prof. Peter is Adjunct Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the University of Heidelberg. He also serves as a member of the International Expert Committee of the Supreme People’s Court of China. He is a member of the Governing Council of the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA), China, and Chairman of the SCIA Strategic Development and Rules Amendment Committee. He serves as a member of the Advisory Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government on the Internationalization of Shenzhen. He is a founder and advisor of the Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (BIAMC) in Indonesia. Malanczuk also serves as an arbitrator in international commercial and investment disputes and is a member of a number of panels of arbitral institutions (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), International Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong) (ICC-HK) Arbitration Committee, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC), Guangzhou Arbitration Commission (GZAC), Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA), Chinese Arbitration Association (CAA Taipei), Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA–arbitrator and adjudicator panels), and Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB)). He is a member of the International Law Association (ILA).

      Dr. Peter has been awarded honorary professorships from Nankai University (1997), China University of Politics and Law (1998), Peking University (1999), Shenzhen University (2003), Nanjing University (2005), and People’s (Renmin) University of China (2007). He has been a visiting professor at many other universities and institutions in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia, including Michigan Law School, Boalt Hall Law School (University of California at Berkeley), Moscow State (Lomonosow) University, Addis Abba University, Ethiopia, and The Hebrew University Jerusalem. Prof. Malanczuk was an External Scientific Fellow of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law (2013-14).

      He runs a blog at: http://www.malanczuk.com/

    2. Professor Abbas Poorhashemi, President of the Canadian Institute For International Law Expertise (CIFILE), Canada.

      Email: abbas.poorhashemi@gmail.com

      ORCID : 0000-0002-4107-2938

      Bio: Dr. Poorhashemi is currently the President of the Canadian Institute of International Law Expertise (CIFILE) (https://cifile.org/) and Editor-in-Chief of the CIFILE Journal of International Law (CJIL). Dr. Poorhashemi has a PhD in International Law from the University of Robert Schuman (Strasbourg, France) and a Post Doctorate fellowship from the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM), Canada. He has a large number of publications in international law. Over the past ten years of his career as an Assistant Professor at the University of IAU and Research Associate at the Center for the Study of International Law and Globalization (CEDIM) at the University of Quebec in Montreal, he has gained extensive experience in the following fields: • Research fields: International law, international environmental law, international arbitration, human rights, case law, environmental criminal law, international responsibility (in English, French and Persian). • Courses taught: International law, international environmental law, international arbitration, human rights, jurisprudence, environmental criminal law, international responsibility, international environmental treaties.

      Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4zvnmQEAAAAJ&hl=en

      Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbas-poorhashemi/?locale=en_US

    3. Professor Mustapha Mekki, Prof. of Private Law, University of Paris-13, co-director of IRDA, visiting university professor, France

      Email: musmekki@yahoo.fr

      Bio: Dr Mekki is a Law Professor at the University of Paris-13 since 2007. He has been Professor at the University of Clermont Ferrand between 2005 and 2007 and a lecturer at Panthéon-Assas University (Paris 2) in 2004. He received a PhD in Law from Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1) in 2004, and a maters degree in Private Law from the University Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1).

      At University of Paris-13, he held the following positions:

      • Vice-Dean in charge of international relations (Asia, Africa, Latin America).
      • Director of the Research Institute for Attractive Law since 2011 (Co-director since 2018).
      • Director of the federative structure “The commons” since 2014.
      • Co-founder and co-director of the Master 2 in digital activities, with A. Cammilleri (2019).
      • Member of the equivalence committee (2008-2016).
      • Vice-Dean in charge of international relations (2009-2012, Dean R. Etien) Clermont-Ferrand University.
      • Member of the Board of Directors (2005-2007).
      • Member of the Scientific Council (2005-2007).
      • Director of the Master of Business Law (2005-2007).

      He is also co-director of the Law and Liberties Laboratory at the University of East Paris-Cretel IRDA and he is a visiting professor at several universities. He runs a blog at: https://mustaphamekki.openum.ca/

    4. Professor Amin Dawwas, Professor of Law, College of Law, Qatar University.

      Email: a.alattrash@qu.edu.qa

      ORCID: 0000-0002-1443-8711

      SCOPUS author ID: 57210359749

      Research Gate ID: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amin-Dawwas

      Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8Cq_R5EAAAAJ&hl=en

      Bio: Dr. Amin Dawwas holds a Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Law from the University of Jordan, a PhD in Law (Civil Law) from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, and a Second PhD in Law (International Commercial Law / Private International Law) from Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. Prof. Dawwas published many books and articles in Arab and foreign journals on various topics in private law, especially in the field of contracts, international commercial contracts and conflict-of-laws. Prof. Dawwas provided consultation to several governmental and non-governmental agencies and participated in several local, regional and international seminars, workshops and conferences. Prof. Dawwas has worked in several universities in Palestine, then at the Kuwait International Law School, and is currently working at the College of Law at Qatar University. Prof. Dawwas has taught various courses in civil law, private international law and international commercial law, at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

    5. Professor Noora Rashid Al-Sahlawi, College of Law, Qatar University.

      Email: noura.alsahlawi@qu.edu.qa

      Bio: Dr. Noora Rashid Al-Sahlawi is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Law at Qatar University. She has accomplished a PhD degree in Criminal Law/International Law from Case Western Reserve University (USA), an LLM from William &Mary (USA), and a bachelor’s degree in law from Qatar University (Qatar). Noora has been instructing criminal law courses at Qatar University's College of Law since 2013 and continues to do so. Additionally, she has overseen the training of external students in various governmental organizations within the country. Dr. Noora also takes on the role of overseeing the student magazine "People of Law" and provides guidance to moot court students participating in multiple international competitions. Furthermore, Dr. Noora has actively participated in significant conferences at both local and international levels, where she has delivered outstanding research papers. Notably, her participation includes events such as the World Congress of the International Society of Criminology and the Fourth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Social Justice.

      Moreover, Dr. Noora played a crucial role in translating and preparing educational resources for the Education for Justice Initiative, in collaboration with the United Nations. She also played a pivotal role in developing the strategic plan for the College of Law at Qatar University for the period 2023-2028.

      Over the course of a decade, Dr. Noora has held key position in various committees at the college, university, and state levels. She is a member of the Strategic Planning Committee at Qatar University, serves on the General Council of the College of Law, and was a member of the Legislative Tools Committee at the Police Academy, Ministry of Interior.

      Additionally, Dr. Noora is a certified arbitrator and negotiator at the Qatar International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration. She is also a member of the Hearing Committee at the National Anti-Doping Committee under the Olympic Committee. Dr. Noora’s research interests primarily revolve around criminal laws, international criminal laws, cyber laws, and legal matters related to arbitration, mediation, and corporate governance.

    6. Professor Hamad Alhababi, College of Law, Qatar University.

      Email: halhababi@qu.edu.qa

      ORCID: 0000-0001-9935-9846

      Bio: Dr. Hamad Alhababi, Assistant Professor of Public Law, College of Law, Qatar University. Alhababi graduated from Qatar University with a Bachelor’s degree in 2015, then joined Qatar University, and in particular, the scholarship program in 2016 to obtain a master’s degree in the American law program in 2018 from Boston University in the state of Massachusetts, USA. Alhababi then enrolled in the J.S.D program to specialize in constitutional law, obtaining his degree from Washington University in St. Louis in the State of Missouri in 2020. Dr. Alhababi joined the academic staff in 2020 to teach several courses, including Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Public Service, and Administrative Contracts at Qatar University and as a visiting professor at Ahmed bin Mohammed Military College. Alhababi has recent publications, and he has a paper under review in a Scopus-indexed journal. Moreover, Alhababi has two ongoing projects, the first related to data protection special research, and the second is an internal research grant related to a reference book. He also peer reviewed many research papers and reference books on various legal topics within the framework of common law.

    7. Professor Mohamed Kamel Charfeddine, Prof. of Private Law, College of Law, El-Manar University, Tunisia.

      Email: cabinet.charfeddine.avocat@gmail.com

      Bio: Dr. Charfeddine holds a bachelors degree from the Faculty of Law of Southern Paris, a masters degree in civil and commercial law from the Sorbonne College in France, and a state doctorate from the Faculty of Law and Political Science in Tunisia. He is also the representative of Tunisia in the Unidroit organization and a member of the international association Henri Capitant in Paris. He is the founder of the Tunisian Association of Private Law and a former member of the Center for Reconciliation and Arbitration in Tunisia. He was the founder of the Civil Law Laboratory at the Faculty of Law in Tunis, and has many publications in Arabic and French. He has also participated in many international conferences.

    8. Professor Lena-Maria Möller, Research Assistant Professor of Law, College of Law, Center for Law and Development, Qatar University

      Email: lena-maria.moeller@qu.edu.qa

      ORCID: 0000-0002-4141-8724

      SCOPUS author ID: 57204316460

      Bio: Dr. Lena-Maria Möller is a scholar of comparative and contemporary Middle Eastern law as well as international family law. She holds an M.A. in Middle East Studies and a Ph.D. in Law, both from the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her research explores the intersections of law, society, and popular culture, spanning a wide interdisciplinary spectrum. Scholarship from her research projects has been published in, among other journals, Middle East Law and Governance, International Journal of the Legal Profession, The American Journal of Comparative Law, and Journal of Private International Law. She has received several awards for her work, including the Otto Hahn Medal from the Max Planck Society and the University of Hamburg Faculty of Law Dissertation Award. Lena-Maria Möller is the Associate Editor of Arab Law Quarterly. She is also a member and former Co-President of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

    9. Professor Mouhannad Moukthar Nouh, Professor of Public Law (Administrative Law), College of law, Qatar University, Qatar

      Email: mouhannad.nouh@qu.edu.qa

      Bio: Dr. Mouhannad Nouh has been working in academia since 1995. He currently holds the rank of Professor at Qatar University. He was formerly a faculty member at Damascus University where he served as the Head of the Public Law Department for four years and as the Director of Procurement and Financial Control for three years. He was also the Head of the Public Law Department at the Specialized Arab Encyclopedia in Damascus for four years. He actively practiced the profession attorney in Syria, and handled numerous administrative, tax, civil, and arbitration cases. He served several committees and was responsible for drafting administrative law projects in Syria. He conducted more than hundred legal training courses independently, and taught at various universities in Syria, Jordan, and Qatar. Prof Nouh authored around hundred publications, including books, in-depth research papers, and encyclopedic works. He contributed to the TEMPUS Project aimed at developing university administration in collaboration between Damascus University and the European Union, and worked as a consultant for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on projects for developing local administration and postal services. One of the most significant research funding he received was from the Qatar National Research Fund for a project on developing sports legislation in Qatar. Prof Nouh reviewed dozens of legal research papers for specialized legal journals and for academic promotions purposes from various Arab universities, he also supervised and participated in the defense of numerous doctoral and master's theses.

    10. Professor Yassir Al Iftaihat, Associate Professor of Civil Law (Private International Law), College of Law, Qatar University, Qatar

      Email: yassir@qu.edu.qa

      ORCID: 0000-0002-4945-0593

      SCOPUS author ID: 59519148700

      Research Gate ID: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yassir-Aliftaihat

      Bio: Dr. Yassir Al Iftaihat acquired his Ph.D. in Civil Law from Université Lumière Lyon II, France, in 2011, his Master’s in Civil Law in 1998 and his Bachelor of Laws in 1994 from Mosul University, Iraq. He has been an Associate Professor at the College of Law, Qatar University, since 2020. He previously held the position of Associate Professor of Private Law at the College of Law, Al Ghurair University (United Arab Emirates), served as a part-time Associate Professor at Imam Malik University (United Arab Emirates), an Assistant Lecturer at the College of Law, University of Mosul (Iraq), and a Lecturer at the Technical Institute, Law Department (Iraq). He served as the Secretary of the Al- Rafidain Law Journal at the University of Mosul (2000 to 2001). Furthermore, he has been a certified attorney with the Bar Association in Mosul since 1994. He possesses extensive expertise in participating in academic conferences and activities. He participated in several international and regional conferences as a spokesperson or as a member of the scientific committee. He also advanced the academic discipline by engaging in the peer-review of research as a reviewer or member of the editorial review board for academic legal publications in Arabic in Iraq, Algeria, Lebanon, and the Arab Gulf countries. Furthermore, he engaged in over 100 workshops and academic seminars focused on pedagogical methodologies in the legal domain within the UAE and at the Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Qatar University. He has a particular interest in health care law, real estate law, environmental law, and family and inheritance law. He is an active researcher in various legal disciplines and has published in peer-reviewed publications.