
Seminar The pen, its history and origins
Welcome to new academic year ,
Professor Dr. Alaa Nafea Jasim (the director of the center of heritage revival) presents congratulations to center’s staff in the occasion of the beginning new academic year in university , it is anew step towards future to serve the great Baghdad university and to great home Iraq ,and also congratulates to develop the center , may God bless everyone and guide their steps, and wish it will be a year of goodness and blessings, full of giving and progress for the successful and honorable work and achievements For what we have done in previous years. May God bless everyone.
Assistant Professor Dr. Wasan Hussein Muhaimid, a lecturer in the Department of Humanities / Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage / University of Baghdad, gave a lecture entitled (The Historical Roots of Jewish Sanctities in Iraq) which was held on Saturday 7/13/2024 in the Word of Life Forum Hall affiliated with the National Evangelical Baptist Church. It was attended by a group of distinguished researchers. In it, she discussed the historical roots of the ancient presence of Jews in Iraq, then touched on their sanctities that are linked to the shrines of their prophets that are still visible to this day, namely the shrine of Joshua bin Nun (Joshua), Ezra (Ezra), Ezekiel (Al-Kifl), Daniel, Obadiah, Jonah (Jonah), and Nahum Al-Qoshi, referring to what was mentioned about these prophets in the Old Testament and what historical sources included of information confirming or denying the burial of these prophets in Iraq. She also discussed the shrines attributed to the Jews that belong to other prophets. Some of their righteous people include Seth, son of Adam, Benjamin, son of Jacob, the Prophet Job, the tomb of Rabbi Judah, son of Yetira, Joses the Galilean, and Isaac the Gaonite. Father Arar Badlian, the church’s pastor, presented the doctor with a certificate of appreciation and a shield of distinction, wishing her continued scientific giving.
Among the administrative activities carried out by the Director of the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage, Prof. Dr. Alaa Nafi Jassim visited the Studies and Planning Unit to see the ways of workflow and what are the administrative developments, where she praised the work of the unit because of its importance as one of the important joints of the administrative structure and what are the obstacles that the unit suffers from and ways to solve them and address the obstacles that affect the work of the unit