Prof. Dr. Wasan Hussein Muheimid from the Department of Humanities at the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage / University of Baghdad published an article in Najm Al-Mashriq Journal (Issue 122, Vol. 31(2), 2025) entitled:
“The Impact of Folklore on Historical Events: The Manuscript of the Monk Rameshōʿ as a Case Study This work highlights the important role of folklore in shaping historical narratives and cultural understanding.
On Thursday, August 21, 2025, a delegation from the Al-Kadhimiya Center for Heritage Preservation / Al-Kadhimiya Holy Shrine visited the Center. The delegation was received by Prof. Dr. Anas Issam Ismail, Acting Director of the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage, and Mr. Fares Issa Fares, Administrative Director. During the meeting, both sides discussed several areas of mutual interest, including organizing joint scientific and cultural events such as seminars, conferences, and intellectual exhibitions. They also explored ways to document major religious occasions like the Arbaeen visit and the Prophet’s Birthday, highlighting the role of the holy shrines in these events.
The visiting delegation praised the Center’s activities and research programs, emphasizing the Al-Kadhimiya Holy Shrine’s commitment to fostering cooperation with academic institutions to serve shared intellectual and cultural goal.
Assistant Professor Dr. Laith Majid Hussein, Director of the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage at the University of Baghdad, Holds a Meeting . On the morning of Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at exactly 11:00 a.m., Assistant Professor Dr. Laith Majid Hussein, Director of the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage at the University of Baghdad, held a meeting with the Scientific Committee and the heads of the scientific departments at the Center to discuss the academic preparations for the 2026 research year.
During the meeting, a number of proposed research projects for the upcoming academic year were reviewed. The discussion addressed key priority research areas and mechanisms for supporting and encouraging scientific research within the Center. Additionally, the plan for scientific activities for the same year was discussed, including seminars, workshops, and preparations for the annual scientific conference—efforts aimed at reinforcing the Center’s role in advancing knowledge and serving the academic, cultural, and heritage communities.
The Director of the Center emphasized the importance of coordinating efforts among all parties and adhering to quality and innovation in the preparation and implementation of scientific plans. The meeting concluded with a number of recommendations designed to strengthen scientific research and ensure the successful achievement of the Center’s goals for 2026.
Under the supervision of prof . Dr. Alaa Nafea Jasim (the director of the center of heritage revival ) , the center organizes seminar entitled (Correct and incorrect beginning in reading holy Quran) where sited in the hall of Nabila A. Dawood in the center on Thursday 23rd/1/2025 by presenting numbers of researchers , the lecture is presented by prof. Dr. Taha Sabti Ibraheem who talks about the correction beginning ,it is that the reader begins with a verse that is not related to what precedes it in wording or meaning, and it has many types, such as beginning with the beginning of the surah and beginning with a verse that allows for a new context. As for the incorrect beginning, it is that the reader begins with a verse that is related to what precedes it in wording or meaning, and it also has many types, including beginning with a verse that contains a pronoun that refers to what precedes it, beginning with a verse that contains a demonstrative pronoun for what precedes it, and beginning with a verse that occurs in a story. Therefore, the reader must choose to begin with a verse that is not related to what precedes it in wording or meaning. The lecturer emphasized the issue of stopping and starting, and there must be great care on the part of students, researchers, and readers. Despite all these great efforts and extreme care, we do not find a special section explaining specific controls that would be a law and a general method for the reader that would prevent him from making mistakes and errors that he makes when he begins to read the Holy Quran.
The center of heritage revival organizes seminar entitled (the project of historical museum in Arabic medicine) where sited in the hall of Nabila A. Dawood in the center that is on Tuesday 21st/1/2025 , the lecture is presented by prof. Dr. Alaa Nafea jasim who talks about the profect that aims to the need of the center of heritage revival to heritage museum where appears the development of Arabic medicine equals with other heritage institutes in the world This project was created by the late physician, Professor Adel Mohammed Al-Bakri, in 1986 and was considered one of the important projects at that time, with the aim of displaying the aspects of scientific progress among the Arabs and the prosperity of Arab medicine in the era of Arab civilization, and to be a center for scientific research for those interested in Arab medical heritage and the history of science in general, especially medical and pharmacy students and orientalists. This reflects the image of the activity of the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage during the years since its establishment and highlights its effectiveness in the form of continuous achievement and not in a seasonal manner such as seminars and lectures. She also confirmed Al-Bakri’s statement that this project needs a building and employees in addition to furniture and glass cabinets to maintain the exhibits and to direct an appeal in newspapers and on television to scientific bodies and citizens who have old medical tools such as glass or copper utensils or old machines that were used in the medical field and to arrange them according to their use in diseases and to buy what they can buy of these equipment, knowing that most of them are found in old homes.
