The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue, in cooperation with the Department of French at the Faculty of Languages, organized an online symposium entitled Racism and Anti-Racism  in “Murceau,  a counter-investigation” – a novel by the Algerian writer Kamel Daoud. Dr. Alaa Shatnan, the lecture addressed the concepts of racism and anti-racism in the 2014 novel              ...

Dr. Alaa Shatnan, the Director of the UNESCO Chair participated in the international symposium  “Is Baghdad The Heart Of The World? A New Look at The Image of Abbasid  Capital in the Medieval ) organized by the French Institute of the Near East(ifpo)in cooperation with the French Institute in Beirut on Thursday, 31 March 2022. Professor Rémy Gareil, is a ...

On Thursday, March 10, 2022, Archbishop Mitja Leskovar, Apostolic Nuncio-Ambassador of the Holy See-Vatican, as well as the accompanying church delegation, visited the University of Kufa and the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue. The visit of the Apostolic Nuncio-Ambassador of the Holy See-Vatican commemorated the first anniversary of the visit of the Pope to Iraq and his historic meeting with supreme ...

The UNESCO Chair participated in the meeting at AL_Khoei  Institute commemorating the first anniversary of the visit of the Pope to Iraq and his historic meeting with supreme leader Sayyid Ali al Sistani indulgence in Najaf Al-Ashraf on 10/3/2022. The meeting was attended by the Apostolic Nuncio-Ambassador of the Holy See-Vatican accredited to Iraq, as well as the accompanying church ...

A book entitled “Religions and Doctrines in Iraq” was issued in Baghdad on  5/3/ 2022. The book is the product of a series of meetings held by Iraqi religious institutions representing Islam (Shia and Sunnis), Christianity, Yazidis, and Mandaean Sabeans. These religions are mentioned in article 2 of the Constitution of Iraq. The meetings have been marked by dialogue and ...

Dr. Alaa Shatnan, The Director of the UNESCO Chair attended on Saturday2022/3/5  (Unity in Diversity) forum, which was held on the occasion of the publication of the booklet (Religions and Doctrines in Iraq) in which the UNESCO Chair had a significant role in preparing it, and under the slogan (Unity of Iraq in its Diversity, and its Strength in its ...

 Catholic University in cooperation with the University of Koya in Koysanjak- Erbil invited Dr. Tahaseen Fadel Abbas, who participated as a representative of the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue in this International Conference (Religion and Community Peace, Challenges and Prospects). Dr. Tahaseen  Said: In the Conference, many valuable types of research were presented to prove that religions aimed at the happiness ...

The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at Kufa University participated in a workshop organized by the British Council in Erbil for representatives of Iraqi universities to study the possibility of proposing an academic curriculum that would support dialogue and peaceful coexistence in Iraq from 16 to 19 March 2022. Dr. Tahaseen Fadel Abbas, who participated in this  workshop,  as a representative ...

 UNESCO Chair participated in the symposium on (The Role of Religious Leaders in Promoting Cultural Diversity in Societies), organized by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities on the occasion of World Interfaith Harmony Week on Wednesday evening, 9/2/2022. The symposium was hosted  (Dr. Abd al-Wahhab al-Samarrai), who emphasized in his lecture that social pluralism is an inherent phenomenon of ...

UNESCO Chair has published a new book entitled ” The Well and the Honey: Contemporary Readings in Traditional Texts” by Dr. Hatem Al -Sakr. Mrs. Noor Ismail, who is responsible for the series “Intellectual Studies”, said: The book deals with a collection of literary heritage texts that are subject to a certain reading pattern, namely, the effectiveness of interpretation through ...