Executive Board | Global Information Forum
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display: block;
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.member-card {
break-inside: avoid;
box-shadow: none;
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}
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const members = [{"name": "Dr. Md. Nurul Islam", "role": "Board Chair", "group": "Board Chair", "country": "Malaysia / Thailand / Bangladesh", "affiliations": ["Post-Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya, Malaysia", "Research Fellow, Shinawatra University, Thailand", "Assistant Professor, Khulna Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah University, Bangladesh"], "email": "nurmahfuz@um.edu.my", "orcid": ""}, {"name": "Dr. Walid Khaled Whayeb Alrawi", "role": "Vice Chair", "group": "Vice Chairs", "country": "United Arab Emirates", "affiliations": ["Vice President for Quality Assurance and International Affairs", "European University – RAK (EURAK), United Arab Emirates"], "email": "drwalidalrawi78@gmail.com", "orcid": "0009-0003-5219-9066"}, {"name": "Dr. Md. 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