Under the direction of the Presidency of the University of Baghdad – Department of Media and Government Communication and under the supervision of Professor Dr. Alaa Nafeh Jassim, the Media Unit at the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage – University of Baghdad organized a festival entitled (Commemorating the Sacrifices of the Martyrs of Iraq) on Wednesday morning, April 9, 2025, in the hall of Professor Nabila Abdul Moneim Dawood. A number of researchers and members of the center attended the festival. The festival was opened with a fragrant recitation from the Holy Quran, recited by Professor Dr. Taha Sabti Ibrahim, a lecturer at our center, who began the ceremony with his blessed recitation, which added an atmosphere of spirituality and tranquility. Then, Surat Al-Fatihah was recited for the souls of all the martyrs, and a speech by the director of the center in which she spoke about the sacrifices and heroism that the martyrs sacrificed and their great status with God, as they purified the earth with their pure blood, calling on God to inhabit them in His spacious gardens. After that, Dr. Qasim Mazen Mahlahal, a lecturer at the Center for International and Strategic Studies – University of Baghdad, delivered his research paper entitled (The Rights of the Families of Martyrs in Iraq: A Legal Study in Light of National Legislation And international covenants) A speaker on Iraqi laws related to the families of martyrs and comparing them with the standards derived from international agreements and covenants such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The festival concluded with a poem recited by Dr. Liqa Shaker Al-Sharifi, a lecturer at our center, about the martyrs of Iraq. May mercy and eternity be upon their pure souls and loyalty to them is a covenant that will never be forgotten, God willing. The director of the center thanked the media unit and those in charge of this festival, wishing them continued success in serving our university and our beloved Iraq
