{"id":79187,"date":"2025-12-22T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/?p=79187"},"modified":"2025-12-22T05:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:54:00","slug":"university-of-mosul-celebrates-world-arabic-language-day-and-honors-winners-of-literary-competitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/blog\/2025\/12\/22\/university-of-mosul-celebrates-world-arabic-language-day-and-honors-winners-of-literary-competitions\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Mosul Celebrates World Arabic Language Day and Honors Winners of Literary Competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, December 18, 2025, the University of Mosul held a major central celebration for World Arabic Language Day, under the patronage and presence of the university\u2019s president, Professor Dr. Waheed Mahmoud Al-Ibrahimi. The celebration included the announcement of the results of the &#8220;Readers Competition&#8221; for its second season, as well as the honoring of the winners of the &#8220;Classical Arabic Poetry Competition,&#8221; in the presence of a high-level academic and cultural audience. Prominent supporters of the university\u2019s educational journey, such as Professor Dr. Muzahim Al-Khayat, President of the University of Nineveh, Professor Dr. Osama Al-Mashhadani, along with academic and administrative assistants, members of the university council, the manager of the Iraqi National Bank\/Nineveh Branch, Mr. Abdullah Ghanem Elias, renowned Moslawi poet Dr. Walid Al-Sarraf, and a group of cultural and social figures from Nineveh, were also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>The event began with the national anthem, followed by a recitation of Al-Fatiha in honor of Iraq\u2019s martyrs. The university president then delivered a speech welcoming the attendees, highlighting the crucial role of supporters in the university&#8217;s resurgence, and stressing that this academic institution is the fruit of the combined efforts of its staff and supporters. The president of the University of Nineveh also gave a speech, emphasizing the importance of the Arabic language and reading as fundamental pillars of knowledge and awareness. This was followed by a heartfelt contribution from poet Dr. Walid Al-Sarraf, who presented a poem celebrating the beauty of the Arabic language and its 28 letters, as the language of the Qur\u2019an and the historical vessel for science and literature.<\/p>\n<p>In a gesture of appreciation, the President of the University of Mosul honored the individuals and institutions that contributed to the success of the second season of the &#8220;Readers Competition&#8221; and the &#8220;Classical Arabic Poetry Competition.&#8221; Dr. Walid Al-Sarraf was awarded the &#8220;Language of the Qur\u2019an&#8221; shield, and Professor Dr. Muzahim Al-Khayat was honored for his continuous support. Also honored were Professor Dr. Osama Al-Mashhadani, the manager of the Iraqi National Bank\/Nineveh Branch, Mr. Abdullah Ghanem Elias, the representative of Nineveh Education, Mr. Khaled Al-Yasari, the Dean of the College of Education for Girls, Professor Dr. Shatha Hazem Taha, researcher and historian Professor Dr. Ahmed Qasim Al-Jumah, President of Mosul Heritage Foundation Mr. Ayoub Dhanoon, and the founder of the &#8220;Bookshelf Initiative&#8221; Mr. Salah Al-Warraq, in recognition of their contributions to the success of this cultural event.<\/p>\n<p>The event concluded with the distribution of prizes to the winners of the literary competitions, which saw wide participation. Mervat Essam won first place in the &#8220;Readers Challenge,&#8221; with more than 2,000 readers participating, while Moaz Jumaa Mahmoud, a student from the College of Education for Humanities at the University of Mosul, won first place in the &#8220;Classical Arabic Poetry Competition.&#8221; Winners from various age groups were also honored, along with the judging committee, led by Professor Dr. Ahmed Jarallah, in appreciation of their efforts in making this cultural gathering a success and reinforcing Arab identity for future generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On Thursday, December 18, 2025, the University of Mosul held a major central celebration for World Arabic Language Day, under the patronage and presence of the university\u2019s president, Professor Dr. Waheed Mahmoud Al-Ibrahimi. The celebration included the announcement of the results of the &#8220;Readers Competition&#8221; for its second season, as well as the honoring of the winners of the &#8220;Classical Arabic Poetry Competition,&#8221; in the presence of a high-level academic and cultural audience. Prominent supporters of the university\u2019s educational journey, such as Professor Dr. Muzahim Al-Khayat, President of the University of Nineveh, Professor Dr. Osama Al-Mashhadani, along with academic and <a href=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/blog\/2025\/12\/22\/university-of-mosul-celebrates-world-arabic-language-day-and-honors-winners-of-literary-competitions\/\"> [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":79188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79189,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79187\/revisions\/79189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}