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The UNESCO chair for interreligious dialogue participated in the international conference titled “Freedom of Opinion and Coexistence,” sponsored by the Imam Hussain Foundation for Dialogue and Peace, affiliated with Imam Hussein holy shrine , on Friday, 29/9/2023, amidst broad participation from religious, cultural, and community figures from within and outside …

Dr. Tahseen Fadel Abbas, the UNESCO Chair Representative at the University of Kufa, met with the President of the Republic of Iraq as part of an academic and media delegation on Monday, July 24, 2023. They discussed the efforts of the UNESCO Chair at the University of Kufa in the …

The Director of the UNESCO Chair, Dr. Alaa Shatnan, participated in the sixth Seminar in the series of Seminar organized by the UNESCO Chairs Network on Wednesday 28/06/2023, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (Paris time). The Seminar was titled (Advancing Scientific and Academic Freedoms in Times of Complexity). The …

Prof. Shatnan, Director of the Chair for Dialogue and Prof. Tehseen Fadhel, Member of the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue visited Al-Hussein Foundation for Dialogue in the Holy City of Najaf, Wednesday 21/6/2023. In view of the joint researchers for both sides, they were sought in order to support the joint …

The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue, in cooperation with the French Institute in Baghdad and the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, held a series of seminars on Islamic studies. The first workshop was titled (Arba’een Pilgrimage: from the Viewpoint of Social Sciences) and conducted on Thursday 3/11/2021. The French researcher Sabrina Mervan …

On Sunday, 4/6/2023, the British Ambassador to Iraq, Mark Bryson, visited Kufa University to discuss scientific cooperation with the university’s President, Dr Yasir Lafta Hassoun. They discussed several undergraduate and postgraduate studies programs during their meeting and signed a cooperation agreement between the University of Kufa and the British Council. …

Dr Tahsin Fadil, representing the UNESCO Chair, attended the international conference “Imam Jafar Al-Sadik And His role In Solving Contemporary Problems” in Brussels on Saturday, May 20, 2023, at the invitation of Ali Al Sistani’s representative in Europe. At the conference, numerous research papers and scientific discussions were presented about …

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, a joint conference of several Iraqi universities was held with the British Council in Baghdad on 2023/5/1 To evaluate the experimental teaching of the subject “Dialogue and peaceful coexistence”, which took place in six Iraqi universities, including Kufa …

The Vatican delegation visited the Great Mosque of Kufa, the Shrine of Muslim bin Aqeel, and Imam Ali House as a part of the Christian-Islamic forum programme sponsored by the UNESCO Chair at the University of Kufa. This visit was held to commemorate the second anniversary of the Pope’s visit …

Recently, the Vatican delegation visited the Archaeological sites of Babylon’s city as a part of the Christian-Islamic forum programme sponsored by the UNESCO Chair at the University of Kufa. This visit was held to commemorate the second anniversary of the Pope’s visit to Iraq, during which he had a historic …