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Institutional development · Research, innovation and assessment · Iraq

Kufa Studies Centre director visits Desert and Sawa Lake Studies Centre in Muthanna

Hasanain Jaber Al-Hilu, director of the University of Kufa's Kufa Studies Centre, visited the Centre for Desert and Sawa Lake Studies in Muthanna Governorate, where he reviewed its research and donated publications.

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Why it matters: The visit links the Kufa Studies Centre and the Centre for Desert and Sawa Lake Studies through a review of research activities and a gift of publications.

The University of Kufa reported that Professor Hasanain Jaber Al-Hilu, director of the Kufa Studies Centre, visited the Centre for Desert and Sawa Lake Studies in Muthanna Governorate.

According to the university, he met the centre's director, Professor Sofia Jabbar, and was briefed on the centre's main research activities.

The university said he presented a number of publications to the Centre for Desert and Sawa Lake Studies and praised its scholarly work.

Editor’s view

Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor

The two research centres, in Kufa and Muthanna, are directly involved; the visit consisted of a briefing on research activities and a donation of publications, and the university did not report a further agreement or next date.

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