Miss Elegance at the First Annual Miss Kurdistan Beauty Pageant Is an AUIS Student

by The Third Eye

Aveen Azad, 22, Miss Elegance.
Photo sent by Aveen.

Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region– In June 2012, Aveen Azad Khalifa, 22, was crowned Miss Elegance 2012 at Erbil’s Rotana Hotel. Azad’s title also means that she took the runner-up at the First Annual Miss Kurdistan Beauty Pageant. It is worth mentioning that Miss Kurdistan was Shene Ako,19, from Ranya, a small town in the Kurdistan Region, northeast of Sulaimani.Chosen from 12 contestants, Azad said her positions was more about hard working and setting an example for other young women to trust in their abilities rather than being beautiful and intelligent. Azad is currently residing in Sulaimani and studying her Bachelor Degree in Business Administration at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. The Third Eye had an exclusive interview with her.

My Summer With IIPES

Mahdi Murad

By Mahdi Murad  
I participated in the International Institute for Political and Economic Studies(IIPES) at Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICH), in Chania, Crete, Greece this summer. Throughout the two-week course, I could successfully complete a challenging academic and leadership development program. Through the program – which included academic sessions, educational travel, and various academic and cultural activities – I learned a lot about various cultures, values and institutions.

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.