The Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine honored the female students wearing the Iraqi abaya, as part of the activities of the first day of the seventh annual ceremony to honor the female students of the Universities of Babylon Province wearing the Iraqi abaya.
The ceremony is organized by the public relations department at the holy shrine, under the slogan (The abaya is chastity and jihad), within the framework of the Al-Kafeel National Youth project, in cooperation with the Office of the Senior Official for women's affairs, in conjunction with the anniversary of the Blessed Sha'ban birth anniversaries.
The ceremony will be held for three days at the Sheikh al-Kulayni complex, with the participation of more than 2000 students from the Universities of Babylon, Al-Qasim Al-Khadra, Hilla, the future and the colleges of Imam Al-Kadhem (peace be upon him) and of open education.
The students took turns honoring the deputy secretary general of the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine; Sayed Abbas Musa Ahmad, a member of its board of Directors, Dr. Abbas al-Deda al-Mousawi, the director of the Office of the Senior Official of the holy shrine; Sayed Jawad Al-Hasnawi, the president of the University of Babylon; Dr. Amin al-Yasiri, the president of Al-Qasim al-Khadra University; Dr. Hassan al-Awadi, the dean of the Faculty of Islamic sciences at the University of Babylon; Dr. Hassan al-Mamouri, and a number of officials of the women's centers and divisions of the holy shrine.
The ceremony comes within the efforts of the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine to promote religious and cultural values among female university students, and to emphasize the role of the Iraqi abaya as a symbol of chastity and national identity.