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On Tuesday, March 14th, 2023, the Papal delegation attending the Christian-Islamic Forum at the University of Kufa visited the Association of Specialized Studies headquarters between The scientific seminary and the university. Mr. Kassem Al-Hashimi, the Director of the Association, warmly greeted the visiting delegation and briefly introduced the Association’s mission. …

On February 22, 2022, the Iraqi Centre for Documentation of Crimes of Extremism in The al-Abbas’s holy shrine joined forces with the UNESCO Chair at the University of Kufa and the Grand Mullah Centre of the University of Kweh in Iraqi Kurdistan to organize the second Forum on “Mass Graves …

UNESCO Chair at Kufa University participated in the International Day of Education conference organized by the Nahrin Center for Strategic Studies under the auspices of the National Security Adviser on Monday, January 23, 2023, in Baghdad. The conference was held under the theme “Education is the foundation for peacebuilding and …

Dr. Musab Abdel-Zahra, member of the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at the University of Kufa presented a workshop entitled “Revisiting Impoliteness Towards a Cognitive Perspective” in the auditorium of the Faculty of Languages on Tuesday, December 13- 2022. During the workshop, Dr. Musab Abdel-Zahra discussed the possibility of using speech …

Dr. Alaa Shattnan, Director of the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at Kufa University, participated in the Imam Al Hussein Foundation Conference about “Saleh al-Hakim and his interactive and humanitarian impact” on Saturday, December 10,2022. Many religious institutions and individuals participated and were present, Dr. Shatnan explains that Mr. Saleh al-Hakim …

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 …

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 …

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 …