Under the supervision of prof.Dr. Alaa Nafea Jasim ( the head of the center ) , the center organizes seminar entitled (Micheal Awad and his efforts in serving Islamic heritage) , it helds in Nabila A. Munam Dawood hall in the center , on Monday 3rd/10/2023 presented by numbers of professors and researchers . the seminar presents by Dr. Leqaa Amer Ashur (one of the center’s teachers) who talks about the birth of the iraqi famous historian lived in the city of Mosul in February 23, 1912 AD. He grew up there in the middle of Mosul family. His father was one of the most famous oud makers in Iraq and the Middle East, which was the reason they were called the House of the Oud. He studied in Baghdad and studied in Baghdad, graduating from the Primary School of Teachers in 1931 AD. He worked in the education field for several years, and in 1944 AD the Minister of Education chose him to be his private secretary, and he remained in this position until 1970 AD.
Mikhail’s influence on his eldest brother, Gorgis Awad, was greater than that of his father, because he was the only one who taught him how to write and how to examine manuscripts. Then he began to frequent the Scientific Council of Father Anastas Marie the Carmelite, who died in 1947, and he learned a lot from him. He attended this council weekly and helped organize it. Some matters relating to the library of the Carmelite Fathers Monastery. This work played a major role in enriching Awad’s career and increasing his attachment to books and studies. He compiled a catalog for them according to the instructions of the Carmelite father. He loved Iraq and loved the Islamic civilization, so he presented a package of research that consecrated the authenticity of the Arab-Islamic heritage and revealed that there were Christians in Iraq in the first century AH. They began to highlight the effects of Islamic thought in books and letters stored in the hermitages and churches in Iraq. His writings amounted to about 14 books, and the edited books amounted to 9 books.. In his articles that were published in Arab and international periodicals, there were about 170 articles, and in his talks that he broadcast on local and international radio stations, they amounted to 160. In conclusion, the center director thanked the lecturer and wished her continued success…
