Dr. Mohamed Masjid Jamaei holds a PHD from Italy in Geopolitical science, and served as ambassador to his country in both the Vatican and Morocco and a member of the Scientific Institute of the International Studies Institute of the Iranian Foreign Ministry. He is a specialist in the study of comparative religions and doctrines in the Arab world and the ...

IREX youth participant Ahmed Sabah and Noor Khuzai both students from the College of Engineering organized and cohosted a conference on cultural identity at university of Kufa on the 20th March 2017. The youth used their network contacts to create a meaningful event on interfaith and intercultural topics that are relevant to the current situation of religious conflict and the ...

Noor Khuzaei a student from University of Kufa, is in her third year of her undergraduate degree, she  also recently participated at the  Interfaith and Intercultural Youth Camp, held by the UNESCO Chair at the University of Kufa in collaboration with IREX in December last year. She took the opportunity to communicate her experience with other university students and also ...

To tackle the issue of sectarianism, which is an ongoing problem in Iraq, UNESCO Chair at University of Kufa (Najaf, Iraq) in partnership with George Mason University (Virginia, U.S.A) and Rutgers University (New Jersey, U.S.A) worked together to create an educational program that seeks to improve interfaith relations between communities, especially among youth, which is needed to create a more ...

Associate Director at UNESCO Chair at University of Kufa, Assistant Professor Ahmed Awaiyiz was appointed as a judge at the most important contest organized by the China Central Television network (CCTV), a predominant state television broadcaster in the People’s Republic of China. This event was held in the Arabic language and broadcasted in the capital city, Beijing. This competition involved ...

UNESCO Chair representative at University of Kufa Sayyed Jawad al-Khoei attended a conference entitled “Freedom, Citzenship, Diversity and Integration”. This event was hosted by Al-Azhar University and the Muslim Council of Elders in Cairo on February 28th – March 1st, 2017. Sayyed Jawad presented a speech in which he addressed his concerns about the current status of the nation and ...