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 ...

In the margins of his participation in UNESCO 41st session meetings in Paris, Dr. Alaa Shatnan the Director of the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at the University of Kufa met  Mrs. Linda Tinio , assistant Director  of the UNESCO Social and Human Sciences Sector and Coordinator of Dialogue Programs and Activities anti-racism  and hate speech. During the meeting, the tasks ...

Unesco Chair at the University of Kufa is continually looking to establish interfaith dialogue between people of different faiths, sects or spiritual beliefs, with the intention of promoting understanding between different religions to increase acceptance and tolerance. In Cairo, the Chairholder of UNESCO chair, Sayyid Jawad al-Khoei, was in a meeting with the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shawki Allam, discussing ...

Sayyid Jawad al-Khoei (UNESCO Chair) participated in the International Seminar, 20-21 June 2016, at ‏Torreciudad shrine – Spain. Al-Khoei signed an interreligious declaration to better cooperate with sciences for improving environmental problems, for more information, see the conference web site: http://www.issrec.org/ and to the declaration: http://www.declarationtorreciudad.org  

On April 22, 2016, UNESCO Chair at the University of Kufa signed the first document in establishing the Hani Fahs Award for Dialogue and Pluralism. The founders of this award: – Hani Fahs Academy of Dialogue and Peace – UNESCO Chair at the University of St. Joseph – UNESCO Chair at the University of Kufa – Dar al-‘Ilm al-Khoei Institute The ...

UNESCO Chair at the University of Kufa participated in the fourth colloquium in Rome, Tuesday 3rd-4th May 2016. The theme chosen was “Shared values in social and political life: Christian and Muslim perspectives”. The director of UNESCO Chair Dr. Hassan Nadhem had the honor of meeting his Holiness Pope Francis. Three subthemes were studied: 1) “Citizens and believers: Christian and Muslim perspectives”; 2) “Our ...

Dr. Hassan Nadhem, the Chairholder of UNESCO Chair at the University of Kufa, participated at the 9th International Conference hosted by the Faculty of Education at University of Wasit in Kut, entitled “Diversity of Thought for Communication and Co-existence” – 9th March 2016. In his lecture, he discussed several points pertaining the forms of intolerance in the Iraqi society, by that ...

Dr Hassan Nadhem, UNESCO Chairholder, attended a conference entitled “the Diversity Management and Peace-Building” which was held in Rotana Hotel in Beirut from 16-19 February. This regional conference was organized by “the Forum of Development, Culture and Dialogue in Lebanon”,  “Iraqi Al-Amal Association” (the Iraqi Hope Association) and “the Permanent Peace Movement”. The themes of the aforementioned conference were about ...

  The UNESCO Chair for the Development of Inter-religious Dialogue Studies in the Islamic World convened a lecture on challenges of human rights and women’s rights according to the Islamic faith in collaboration with the faculty of Education for Women, on the 29th of November 2015. Professor Abdul-Aziz Sachedina presented his lecture with a series of questions on civil liberties ...

  UNESCO Chair Director, Dr. Hassan Nadhem,  from University of Kufa participated in a meeting on 17-18 December ,2015, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. This event was held to bring all UNESCO Chairholders to discuss the work concerning the development of future programs in the dialogue of cultures, each Chairholder presented their proposal and reported his/her Chair’s activities . The first proposal: “Fuzuli: ...