Prof. Adel is the Winner of Emerald Literati Award (UK) 2014 Best Paper, and 2022 Outstanding Reviewer. He possesses over 100 publications indexed in [SCOPUS, SSCI, ESCI, ABDC, and ABS] and he has more than a decade of teaching experience. He has been bestowed with many awards and been summoned as the keynote speaker on several occasions. He serves on the editorial team of several international journals published by Elsevier, Emerald, and Taylor & Francis. He is a member of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ). In 2015, Prof. Sarea was appointed as a recognized Ph.D. supervisor by Brunel University London. In 2021, he has been entitled as the Senior Editor of the International Journal of Emerging Markets at Emerald Publishing (UK), Associate Editor, Heliyon Business and Economics – (Elsevier), Consulting Editor, Journal of Education for Business – (Taylor & Francis), Associate Editor, International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management- (Emerald), Associate Editor, ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance – (Emerald), Associate Editor, Asian Journal of Accounting Research (Emerald), Associate Editor, Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research- (Emerald), Guest Editor, Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting- (Emerald) and Associate Editor, MENA Journal of Cross-Cultural Management-Inderscience (UK).