Ala' Musthopa Abdul Maqsud

Ala' Musthopa Abdul Maqsud

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Dr. Ala' Musthopa Abdul Maqsud

Al-Azhar University Cairo, Mesir
Profile

Dr. Alaa Mustafa Abdel-Maksoud Abu Ajeela is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Quantitative Economics, Faculty of Commerce, Al-Azhar University, Cairo. He possesses a strong academic background, having graduated as one of the top undergraduate students in 2002. He earned his Master’s degree from Ain Shams University in 2014, specializing in Islamic Finance, followed by a Doctoral degree (PhD) from Al-Azhar University in 2018, with a research focus on economic efficiency in public–private partnerships within the transportation sector. His professional career at Al-Azhar University progressed steadily from administrative researcher to assistant lecturer, before his official appointment as Assistant Professor in November 2023.

In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Alaa is a productive researcher whose scholarly interests include circular economy, Islamic digital financial inclusion, and the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as a strategic response to unemployment in Egypt. Beyond academia, he serves as Chair of the Economic Committee of the Egyptian Social Justice Party and is actively involved in several international professional organizations, including editorial board memberships for economics journals in Algeria and Morocco.

Dr. Alaa maintains strong international academic collaborations, particularly with Indonesia. This is reflected in his participation as a speaker at an international conference at UIN Imam Bonjol Padang in September 2024, where he presented research on the impact of the green economy on sustainable development in Egypt and Indonesia. In November 2025, he also participated as a researcher in the International Research Fellow Program at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta.

In 2025, Dr. Alaa serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the Faculty of Islamic Studies (FDI), UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. In this role, he engages in academic and research collaboration with Dr. Yuli Yasin, M.A., a faculty member of FDI UIN Jakarta. This collaboration is expected to strengthen UIN Jakarta’s international research networks while advancing the integration of globally benchmarked scholarship and research.

Publication 
    • General Research and Publication
      • – Islamic finance and its role in financing small businesses. First edition, Dar Al-Fikr University of Alexandria, 2017
      • – Economic efficiency of public-private partnerships in financing the transport sector. First edition, Dar Al-Fikr Al-Jami’i, Alexandria, 2019
      • – Economic planning. In collaboration with Dr. Ayman Ismail, Assistant Professor of Economics, Dar Al-Ta’mim Al-Jami’i, Alexandria, 2019
      • – International Economy. In collaboration with Professor Dr. Rifaat Al-Awadi, Cairo, First Edition, 2019
      • – Islamic banking, financing and investment formulas. In collaboration with Dr. Alaa Bassiouni Abdul Raouf, Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, Benin, Al-Azhar, University Press, Alexandria, First Edition, 2021
  • – Scientific research methodologies in economics: between theory and application. First edition, Dar Al-Fikr University of Alexandria, 2021
  • – Small and medium-sized enterprises as a mechanism to reduce the concentration of industrial and economic activity in Egypt. Contemporary Egypt Magazine, The Egyptian Society for Political Economy, Statistics and Legislation, Cairo, Egypt, October 2019
  • – The economic returns of implementing the circular economy in Egypt: a theoretical and applied study. Business Studies and Research, Commerce Department, Benia University, Qalyubia, Egypt, October 2021
  • – The role of financial inclusion in reducing unemployment in Egypt. Contemporary Egypt Journal, The Egyptian Society for Political Economy, Statistics and Legislation, Cairo, Egypt, January 2022
  • – The Purple Economy and its role in achieving the dimensions of the sustainable development strategy in light of the vision Egypt. Contemporary Egypt Magazine, The Egyptian Society for Political Economy, Statistics and Legislation, Cairo, Egypt, April 2022
  • – Entrepreneurial projects in reducing the causes of poverty in Egypt. Study Applied Journal of Business Research, Commerce Section, Zagazig University, Sharqia, Egypt, January 2023
  • – Egyptian Export Calendar to African Markets during the period (2020-2020). General Studies and Research in Finance and Commerce, Faculty of Commerce, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt, July 2023
  • – Leasing land abroad as a means of achieving food security for Egypt. General Studies of Commerce and Environment, Faculty of Commerce, Suez Canal University, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2025
  • – Islamic digital financial inclusion and its role in mobilizing savings in Islamic banks. “The Egyptian blessing and the Algerian peace are a model.” First International Scientific Conference on Islamic Banking, Faculty of Economics, Ziane Achour University, Algeria, April 23-24, 2025
  • – The silver economy as a mechanism for developing Egyptian tourism revenues: Medical tourism as a model. Journal of Contemporary Egypt, Issue No. 559, July 2025, Cairo, Egypt
  • – The impact of Egyptian economic sectors on job creation during the third quarter 2003 - third quarter 2022. Financial and Commercial Studies and Research, Faculty of Commerce, Damietta University, Volume 4, Issue 2, Part 4, July 2025, Damietta, Egypt
  • – Controls and rationalization of in-kind and cash support in the Islamic economy and the possibility of benefiting from it in the Egyptian context. Journal of Posthumanism, Volume 5, 2025, UK
Contact

📧 Email: alaa_moustafa@azhar.edu.eg