AUIS Students and Faculty Staff Members: "Love Your Enemies."

Mahdi Murad

You may all aware of a movie that has been produced recently which offends Islam, the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him), and all the Muslims around the world. We, Muslims, are against any ideas that disrespects Islam and our beloved prophet(peace be upon him). Similarly, we have respect for all the other religions. We disagree with anyone who unethically behave toward any religious ideas. However, we should act responsibly when a person or a group of people hurts our feelings by saying bad words to what we consider as sacred, Islam and prophet Mohammad in this case. We should follow what Islam and our prophet teach us that is peace and brotherhood only.

Welcome back for the new 2012-2013 Academic Year!

The Third Eye is pleased to warmly congratulate all the AUI-S students and faculty staff members for starting a new academic year. We hope you all nothing, but best of luck with your classes and all the other activities.

We hope that the 2012-2013 academic year will be the best time for all of you to turn your dreams into reality.

The Third Eye has warm congratulations for  the new students who just enrolled to AUI-S. We wish them best of the best with their classes and other activities.

Along with the support of the students, faculty and administration, the Third Eye is pleased to start its activities to help create the best environment at AUI-S where all its members feel nothing, but great.

Welcome back to the new 2012-2013 academic year!

Hemin Salah, A Friendly Face at AUIS

by The Third Eye

Hemin Salah, AUIS Assistant Register.

If you walk to the AUIS register's office in the first floor of the AUIS presidency building, you will find a person who always has smile on his face. Hemin Salahaddin Essamaddin Muhammed, who is known among the AUIS community as Hemin Salah was born on Jan 6th, 1967, in Sulaimani. He graduated from the college of language at Sulaimani Univeristy and obtained his Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature in 2008 at the same university. He also holds a degree from Mosul Technical Institute in Mechanical Department. It is worth mentioning that Hemin was one of the top ten graduates of both colleges where he graduated. Salah is in the middle class family. He is married and has a four-year-old boy whose name is Hawlan.

My Summer with SHEP

by Mahdi Murad

During my final exams last month, I thought about how I should spent a month of my summer break before my trip to Greece. I knew it would be really boring to do nothing for a whole month. However, thanks to the AUIS Admission Office, I was offered the opportunity to serve as  a student instructor at the Summer Honors English Program (SHEP) at this month.

 I received an e-mail from the AUIS Admission office stating that, “this summer AUIS’s Admissions Office will be teaching its first ever AUIS Summer Honors English Program! The program is free opportunity for top English-speaking 12th graders to get free English lessons and learn more about AUIS!" I found the course really interesting and wondered how I could be involved. Happily, the e-mail also indicated that the Admission Office would hire active and experienced students from among the AUIS student body .Luckily, I was selected to assist one of the instructors and work as a student instructor.

The Third Eye Introduces all the Members of the AUIS Noor Cast

by The Third Eye

Mark the calendar. It is the AUIS Noor Company's moments. A group of the students of the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, whose tears duct are active not to protect their eyes from dust, but to shed the light of their people who have experienced the most terrible circumstances a person can ever imagine. The AUIS Noor Cast members shed their tears over the injures and graves of the hundreds of thousands of the innocent people in the country, Iraq. They cry for the pain of every single person who is in danger, they cry for the death of their beloved people who sacrificed their lives for the sake of freedom and justice, and they, last but not least, cry to turn their tears to lighten the life of those people who are living in their dark homes.

First Annual Commencement Ceremony at AUIS

Dr. Athanasios Moulakis, the president of AUIS,
welcomes the guests and congratulates the graduate
students. 

Sulaimani, Iraq-June 16, 2012- The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani rewarded undergraduate degrees to 37 students for the first time in the history of AUIS. AUIS conferred those students baccalaureate degrees in Business Administration, Information Systems and Technology, and International Students.

At the beginning of the ceremony, Dr. Athanasios Moulakis, the president of AUIS, welcomed the guests and congratulated all the graduate students.

After that, Dr. Barham Salih, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Founder of AUIS, gave his speech. He, first, congratulated all the graduate students.

PlayWright Akbar Ahmed Writes for AUIS Noor Cast

Prof. Akabar Ahmed
Photo courtesy of the Google

It was eight months ago when Peter Friedric, the head of AUIS Drama and Film, asked Akbar Ahmed, the author of "Noor", to perform "Noor" for the first time in the Middle East. The play stars, Kardo Kamil, Muhammed baheej, Isa Muhammed Isa, Mahdy Murad, Rawa Hamza, Helin Sofi, Saman karim, Mustafa Ahmed, Abdul Alkhafaji, Mewan Sofi, Roshna Ahmed, and Banoo Omer, with their great director Peter, tirelessly worked to bring their work to the stage.

After the AUIS Noor Cast took the play from paper to the stage successfully, the playwright sent his message to the members of the cast and the director. Below is the exact message that has sent by Dr. Ahmed to the cast:

To the brave and talented actors of the AUIS Noor Cast--my sincerest thanks and warmest   congratulations. You have taken this play, carried it from paper to reality, in the face of  setbacks, tight deadlines, rigorous course schedules, lack of props or even your own stage, and  brought to it your passion, your commitment, your faith, your good humor. I could not be more  proud as I hear of your glowing reviews, and I read your letters which speak of tears of joy--this is the best mix of art and experience. I would also like to thank your esteemed professor, Peter Friedrich, for his tireless effort to make the dream of staging this play a reality. I am most gratified as a teacher when my lessons are embraced by youth and spread through their generation--because they hold the blueprint for the future. 


Finally, I would say this to you: keep looking for noor, keep spreading your joy and positive           outlook, and you will show Iraq and the world itself the way forward.

Warm Regards, 

Professor Akbar S. Ahmed

Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies

 American University