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University of Kufa women's affairs division holds students' festival marking birth of Zainab
The University of Kufa's women's affairs division, with a Faculty of Jurisprudence unit and a women's media unit linked to the Holy Alawi Shrine, staged a festival for women students.
Why it matters: Female students, teaching staff and employees at the University of Kufa were the participants in the festival of religious, poetry and cultural activities.
The University of Kufa said its Women's Affairs Division held a festival for women students to mark the anniversary of the birth of Lady Zainab al-Hawraa.
According to the university, the event was organised together with the women's affairs unit of the Faculty of Jurisprudence and the women's media unit of the General Secretariat of the Holy Alawi Shrine.
The university reported that female students, teaching staff and employees attended a programme of religious and poetry segments, cultural competitions and a seminar titled «Zainab (peace be upon her): a school of patience and will».
Editor’s view
Rachel Smith, Students and International Editor
The festival drew female students, teaching staff and employees of the University of Kufa into a programme run jointly by the university's women's affairs division, a Faculty of Jurisprudence unit and a women's media unit of the Holy Alawi Shrine's General Secretariat.
