The President of Yarmouk University, Prof. Zeidan Kafafi, participated in the meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World in its twenty-third session, which was held at the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. During the meeting chaired by Sheikh Fahim Al Qasimi, Director of the Governmental Relations Department, the Council discussed a report of the Secretary-General of the Union on the activities carried out by the Union General Secretariat between the twenty-second and twenty-third sessions of the Union. The Council also reviewed the financial report of the Union for the year 2018, then discussed a report of the Secretary-General on the reality of the Union and its prospects of the future. In addition, it discussed the requests of several universities in the Islamic world that are willing to join the union.

Remarkably, the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World was established in 1987 in Rabat. It operates within the framework of the Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization and includes 347 universities and higher institutes. For the period 2017-2019, Yarmouk was elected as a member of the Executive Council of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World from among 300 Islamic universities.