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Qusay Hussein Al-Qutaish, a bachelor student in medicine from Yarmouk University, won the second place in the Scientific Research Award for Jordanian University Students in its twenty-first session for his research, "The Role of Jordanian Universities in Facing Intellectual Deviations among Young People". Likewise, Islam Abdullah Al-Kharnoubin and Sherine Majed Al-Nadi, students from the master program of Islamic education at Yarmouk University, won the fourth place for their research, "The Challenge of Social Globalization, its Effects on Youth, and Ways to Address it". This took place in an event organized by the Middle East Studies Center in cooperation with the University of Jordan, Yarmouk University, Philadelphia University, the University of Science and Technology, Zarqa University, and Hayat Education Fund.
The President of Yarmouk University, Prof. Zeidan Kafafi, expressed the university’s pride in the accomplishments of university students who have proven their scientific excellence in various competitions and scientific events at the local, regional, and international levels. He also stressed Yarmouk’s keenness to support its students and motivate them to benefit from the knowledge they acquire during their university career. He declared that one of the university's main purposes is to guide students in conducting scientific research that deals with issues and topics concerned with youth and the local community as a whole, and to motivate them to carry out applied scientific research that has effective role in finding solutions to the problems suffered by the Society.
The head of the Supreme Committee supervising the award and the head of the Center for Middle East Studies, Jawad Al-Hamad, announced during the press conference that the first and third awards were withheld because none of the competing students qualified for them according to the criteria and provisions stipulated in the award system. Then he pointed out that the twenty-first session of the award presented 19 research titles within the three usual frameworks: the local, the Arab-Islamic, and the international, and that the winning researches will be published in refereed journals.
The %00 Byte team from the Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Science at Yarmouk University, consisting of the students, Abdullah Al-Rashdan, Firas Al-Sarkas, Mansour Al-Hamoud and Saif Abu Ashour, won the first place in the Jordanian National Information Security Competition JORDAN INFOSEC 2019, which was organized at the Zain Innovation Platform at Yarmouk University (ZINC YU) By Technnaoui Company.
The Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Science, Dr. Ahmed Kulaib, praised the distinguished level of the event, which witnessed an intense competition between the participating teams. He explained that the competition aims at expanding the awareness of Jordanian universities’ students and guiding them to the right path in the field of information security. Then he pointed out that the competition included several axes like penetration testing of web applications, examination of networks and service systems, decryption, programming, analysis of communications across networks, and analysis of Android programs.
Representing the President of Yarmouk University, the Vice President, Prof. Fawwaz Al-Abd Al-Haq patronized the launching ceremony of the second phase of 2019/2020 program, "Empowering Women for Leadership Roles". The program is implemented by Princess Basma Center for Jordanian Women Studies, in cooperation with the Union of Federations Forum and the support of the Canadian government. Coinciding with the Center's celebrations of the 16-day international campaign on violence against women, the ceremony included an interactive theatrical show entitled "Starting from Below Zero" that was performed by several students namely, Saeed Al-Mughrabi, Raghad Barakat, Faris Al-Khawaldeh, Laila Daradkeh, and Yara. The show addressed scenes and scenarios of how the society, represented by the family, deals with women. It highlighted all the stereotypes and societal concepts about the mechanism of dealing with women and called out to enable women to participate fairly in decision-making, regardless of their different political, religious, or social orientations.
The director of Princess Basma Center for Jordanian Women Studies, Dr. Amna Khasawneh, explained that the center has started implementing the program last year by empowering 40 women from the university’s administrative staff and that its second stage incorporates empowering another 40 women from the administrative and academic staff of Yarmouk University. Al-Khasawneh said that the center seeks to combat violence against women through positive interactive activities that spread awareness among all segments of society and that it is to ensure the importance of women’s role in the society, thus helping them empower themselves at educational, economic, and social levels. Eventually, this will provide women with an opportunity to unleash their creativity and activate their true participation in building Jordan and contributing to its development.
Noteworthy that the activities of the ceremony were attended by the head of the drama department at the university, Dr. Bilal Thiabat, several members of the academic and administrative body at the university, and a crowd of students.
The Dean of Students Affairs at Yarmouk University attended a ceremony honoring female workers at the university, which was organized by Yarmouk's Arab and Foreign Students Club. The Dean explained that the university appreciates the great services of its women workers who work hard to preserve the university’s facilities and environment. She stressed that the university gives workers a lot of attention and supports their access to decent honorary positions. Also, she commended the great efforts made by the Arab and Foreign Students Club in order to deepen the affiliation of international students to Yarmouk University and participate in achieving its noble social and humanitarian goals.
The Vice President of the club, Abdullah Buraiyah, said that international students always seek to participate in the university's various activities and celebrations. He then expressed international students' thankfulness for all the employees of the university for their great efforts in serving and helping students. Moreover, he stressed that the club's honoring of a group of women workers at the university is a way to appreciating women's role in bearing the burden of responsibility at all levels. After that, students from Algeria, China, and Indonesia delivered several speeches through which they thanked the honored workers and all university employees for the great efforts they made to improve students' experience in Yarmouk. Then they stressed that their stay in Jordan and their education at Yarmouk University make the most beautiful memories they have had and that will remain forever.
For Yarmouk employees' part, a female worker gave a speech through which she thanked the university family and the Arab and Foreign Students Club for their support of women workers by honoring them. However, the ceremony was attended by the Director of Students Welfare Department, Marwan Tayfour, the Director of the Department of Cultural and Artistic Activity, Khalil Al-Kofahi, the Head of the Department of Students Welfare, Ayham Abu Al-Shaar, a number of officials in the Deanship, and a group of international students.
As part of the activities of the Department of Drama at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Yarmouk University, a movie entitled (Zaida) authored and directed by Dr. Bilal Al-Theiabat was screened. The movie deals with the social issues related to customs and wrong social behaviors. However, after the end of the screening, there was a discussion among the attendees about the theme of the movie. Similarly, several films that deal with the topic of human rights were also presented from the Karama Festival for Human Rights Films. After the screening, the participants discussed the construction of the films and their themes.