On November 22, 2022, Dr. Alaa Shattnan, Director of the UNESCO Chair, visited Mr. Michel Van Aerde, President of the Dominican University, and Marie Monnet, his assistant, to discuss bilateral cooperation between the University of Dominican and the University of Kufa. The meeting took place at the university’s headquarters in …

Dr. Alaa Shattnan, Director of the UNESCO Chair at Kufa University, met Ms. Inga Nichanian, Director of the Chairs Programme Future of Learning and Innovation Education Sector, on Monday, November 21, 2022, at UNESCO’s Department of Education. During the meeting at the UNESCO head office in Paris, the activities of …

The Intellectual Studies Series in the UNESCO Chair at Kufa University published a new book titled “From The Inspiration of Quranic Rhetoric, Studies in Qur’anic Expression” by Dr. Aqil Al-Khaqani, a professor in the Faculty of Arts. The book has 208 pages, in which the author talked about the Qur’anic …

A series of intellectual studies in the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at the University of Kufa has published a new book entitled “The State Agenda, Foundations and Principles of Public Policies” by the Iranian academic “Hamid Reza Malek Mohammadi” and translated by the Iraqi writer and translator Dr. “Abdul Azim …

A representative of the Lebanese Foundation (Al-Adyan Foundation ), Dr. Nayla Tabara, the winner of the Ibn Rushd Prize for Religious Freedom, visited the University of Kufa as part of their effort to strengthen their partnership with the UNESCO chair, particularly the major project (building citizenship and good governance in …

The UNESCO Chair participated in the 30th UNESCO Chairs Conference about “Transforming Knowledge for Just and Sustainable Futures,” which was held at UNESCO’s head office in Paris from November 3–4, 2022. A large number of representatives of UNESCO chairs at universities around the world attended the conference. The UNESCO Chair …

The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue, in cooperation with the Philosophy Department of the Faculty of Arts-University of Kufa, hosted the expatriate Iraqi writer, researcher, and translator Professor Said Al-Ghanmi at an interactive Symposiumon Wednesday morning, October 19, 2022, at the Faculty of Arts. Professor Saeed Al-Ghanimi gave a lecture entitled …

A book entitled “Religions and Doctrines in Iraq” was issued in Baghdad . 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. …

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 …

At the invitation of AL-Imam Amir al-Mu’mineen Center in Najaf al-Ashraf, Dr. Alaa Shattnan participated in a preparatory workshop that brought together AL-Imam Amir al-Mu’mineen Center, Dominican International University in France, and the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at Kufa University. The meeting led to an exchange of ideas and views …