AlhamdulilLah, I am now a Legal Counsel of Kuwait Finance House Bahrain B.S.C. (c). By far, this is the best job I ever have. Thank God for being the Most Merciful.
Prior to this, if one asked me "what do you do?" my answer was: "I'm a Legal Advisor who is also a full time student, full time mother and full time house-wife" Multitasking, huh! :)
I had always been working during my entire university period. I used to be a part time researcher, part-time student assistant for the university library and even a part time cyber-cafe assistant. In addition to those part-time works (at one point of time, I had the three jobs simultaneously), I was also a Naqibah (facilitator) then a Mushrifah (students advisor).
But that really is me. I can't stand doing nothing. Even when I sleep sometimes my brain does not stop thinking. Now that I have been awarded the PhD, I am no longer a full time student (practically not after the viva) although I am still holding the rest of the 'positions'. But that full time student status had been replaced by a visiting lecturer title. Oh yes, I am now a part-time lecturer, teaching Islamic Finance (Fiqh Mu'amala) to the MBA students at the University College of Bahrain and until July 2008 I was teaching the Trust, Banking and Commercial Laws for the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance.
Professionally, however, the legal advisory work has been the focus. I was a Senior Legal Consultant with Qayz H. Zu'bi Advocates and Legal Consultants, a very prestigious firm - being among the most established legal firms in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Prior to that, I was advising the Kingdom of Bahrain government institution that has several mandates including the IT aspects of the government, the central population system (registration, ID cards, etc), the statistics, the national GIS, etc. The nature of works varied from drafting relevant laws to preparing contracts or any other legal documents.
Prior to 'settling down' in Bahrain, I was a legal consultant with a Malaysian based consultancy company, the job that I undertook after my academic employment by the University of Strathclyde, Law School (tutor on 'Computer Society and the Law' and lectured on Computer Law).
That was not my first academic profession. As soon as I completed the Master of Comparative Laws, I was employed as a law lecturer by HELP Institute and was teaching Foundation in Law, Business Law, Islamic Law, and Equity, Trust and Administration of Estates (including Wills). Thereafter I was employed by the Multimedia University and was teaching Basic Law, Business Law, Islamic Business Law, Commercial Law, Company Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property Law and Cyberlaw.
Talking about work, while I find that academic field is the best place to allow one's brain to grow (hence, I will definitely make my return to it) ultimately I would like to go into the political arena. The reason is simple - I want to make the best of my life and the only way to achieve that is to make the most of me for the nation as a whole.