On the morning of Monday, April 6, 2026, the Master’s thesis defense of student (Mohammed Maad Mohammed Hanash) was held at the College of Political Science, in the Conferences and Discussions Hall. His thesis is entitled: “The Distributional Function of the Political System and the Problematic of Identity Violence in Arab Societies: Sudan as a Case Study.”

The study examined the relationship between the distributional function of the political system and the issue of identity violence in Arab societies, focusing on Sudan as a primary model. The study concluded that identity violence in Arab societies is not caused by ethnic and cultural diversity itself, but rather by the failure and imbalance of these systems’ structures in managing such diversity. This failure is manifested in poor distributive policies that lack justice and transparency, amid the tyrannical control of power and rentier resources by elites who distribute them according to a clientelist pattern based on nepotism.

The examination committee consisted of the following members:

1. Prof. Ziyad Samir Zaki (Chair)

2. Asst. Prof. Mohammed Salih Shutaib (Member)

3. Asst. Prof. Dr. Laith Muzahim Khudair (Member)

4. Asst. Prof. Dr. Yazan Khalook Mohammed Sajid (Member and Supervisor)

This academic defense aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, and Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals.