Editorial team
Farouk Omar — Senior Reviewer
Senior reviewer at tchlih.com. Beirut-based. Lead author on Islamic-jurisprudence content. MA in Religious Studies, AUB.
Farouk Omar
Senior Reviewer, tchlih.com — based in Beirut, Lebanon
Background
Farouk specialises in payment-rail testing and bonus-T&C analysis. He runs the hands-on payment-test protocol for every casino in the top-10 list and is the lead author of the religious-context content on this site.
Credentials
- 2022–present: tchlih.com.
- 2020–2022: Product manager at a Beirut-based regional fintech (specifically: payment-acceptance for MENA SME merchants).
- 2018–2020: Freelance financial journalism for regional Arabic-language publications.
- Education: MA, Religious Studies, American University of Beirut, 2018. Focus on classical Islamic jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh).
- Languages: Arabic (native), English (fluent).
What Farouk writes about
Islam and gambling (lead author), Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, the licensing explainer, and per-operator review payment-test sections.
Editorial-independence statement
Salaried compensation. No per-click or per-referral bonus. Recuses on conflicts; recusals logged.