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 …
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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 …
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The Papal delegation visited the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at the University of Kufa on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. During his visit to the chair, the delegation was received by Dr. Alaa Shatnan, the Director of the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue. Charles Onka Sona, Secretary of the Papal Ambassador at …
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UNESCO accepted a joint special research presented by Dr. Alaa Shatnan, the Director of the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at Kufa University, and Dr. Salah Fleifel Al-Jabri, Director of the UNESCO Chair for Genocide Prevention Studies in the Islamic World at Baghdad University, International Conference on Higher Education in Barcelona. …
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The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at Kufa University participated in the “National Identity and Culture of Pluralism” workshop in Erbil under the auspices of the Adyan Foundation/Iraqi branch. At the workshop, the attendees talked about setting priorities and making suggestions for activating Iraq’s national identity. They also talked about how …
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Dr. Alaa Shatnan, the Director of the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue, participated in the Conference on the commemoration of the great Shiite authority Sayyid Muhammad Saeed Al-Hakim which was organized by Al- Hussainiya Shrine in the city of Najaf Al-Ashraf on 9/6/2022. The conference was attended by religious figures and …
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Dr. Alaa Shatnan, Director of the UNESCO Chair attended the documentary film (The Sky Wept for Forty Days ), which was directed by the French researcher Sabrina Mervan about the Arbaeen visit to the French Institute in Baghdad on Tuesday 7/6/2022 . The presentation was attended by Ambassador Eric Chevalier,The …
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Mr. Jean-Noel Baléo, the regional director of the AUF in Beirut, met with the representatives from nine Iraqi universities on Monday, June 6, 2022, at the French Institute in Baghdad. Mr. David Lasser, the French attaché for scientific and university affairs at the French Embassy in Baghdad, was also there, …
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The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue participated in the National Conference on Cultural Diversity held by the Ministry of Culture on the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on Sunday, May 22, 2022. Dr. Alaa Shatnan, the Director of the UNESCO Chair at Kufa University, headed the second …
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Dr. Zeid Abbas Al-Kubaisi, representative of the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue, participated in the 10th International Philosophical Conference (Philosophy and Coexistence) held on Tuesday, 17/5/2022, in his research (religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence in the phenomenological tradition of religion). The research examined ways of tolerance and coexistence in the phenomenological …
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UNESCO CHAIR For Inter-Religious Dialogue Studies in The Islamic World