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The British capital, London, hosted the inauguration ceremony of the “Wa’i” Foundation for Research and Development, which was held at the Holiday Inn Kensington Hotel at seven in the evening on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at the invitation of the founder of the Foundation, Professor Muhammad Farid Al-Shayal, Professor of Islamic History at British universities and the General Director of the Foundation.
The ceremony was presented by Dr. Daoud Abdullah, former Secretary of the British Islamic Council and Director of the Middle East Follow-up Centre, who began the inauguration with verses from the Holy Quran, then welcomed the participants and attendees who responded to the institution’s invitation and contributed to enriching its launch. He also thanked the media figures and journalists who worked to cover the launch and enhance its presence on media platforms, wishing the project success and that it achieve its desired goals.
This was followed by a speech by the Director General of the Foundation, Professor Muhammad Farid Al-Shayal, during which he reviewed the establishment of the Foundation, its goals and agenda, and its endeavor to employ technical transformation in Service Documentary and historical projects, adopting blogging platforms as basic elements in its work, and its interest in sciences, arts and literature related to developing individual and collective awareness, through analysis and prediction of future trends in scientific, political, economic and other issues.
After that, Professor Dr. Muhammad Mukhtar Al-Qamati, Professor of Optical Physics and Nanotechnology at York University, gave a speech in which he reviewed the importance of documentation projects, the nation’s need for them, and the gap that the institution is fulfilling, and the service of documentation projects in preserving the rights of peoples, pointing this to the Palestinian issue, in which manuscripts and documents represent a stumbling block in the way of Judaization and Zionist falsification projects.
This was followed by listening to the interventions and inquiries of a number of journalists and attendees, and answering them Each From Professor Al-Shayal and Dr. Al-Qamati, the most notable of which was raised by a number of non-Arab attendees about the temporal and spatial scope that the Foundation aims to confirm. Professor Al-Shayal confirmed that the Foundation will not stop at limiting itself to the Arab region alone, but rather its publications will include broader areas of the greater Islamic world.
After that, Dr. Radwan Manisi Jaballah, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, gave a speech in Arabic, which Professor Al-Shayyal translated for the audience. During it, Dr. Radwan reviewed the features of a scientific paper entitled: “Towards a new methodological construction for documenting contemporary events,” during which he spoke about the importance of the documentation process. With a face General and the exceptional importance of documenting the events of the Arab Spring, before reviewing the plan to establish a scientific approach to documentary work that includes forming a team, collecting scientific materials, drawing up a plan, familiarizing yourself with the event in all its aspects, and benefiting from eyewitnesses.
The ceremony was attended by a group of professors, researchers, graduate students and others who share the institution’s scientific interests.
The “Wa’i” Foundation for Research and Development is an independent academic institution concerned with sciences, arts, and literature. It includes many disciplines related to developing individual and collective awareness, and relies on analysis and forecasting of future trends in scientific, political, economic, and other issues. With a focus on history, documentation, monitoring, and adopting blogging platforms as basic elements in its work, it is preparing to release its first documentary encyclopedia in the coming weeks.
The Foundation has developed a group of research topics that it deems important and necessary in the next stage, in order to achieve the Foundation’s vision, philosophy and goals, and also contribute to spreading cultural awareness among wide sectors of the Arab public or those interested in Arab affairs. These topics are dealt with successively after their maturity and completion by specialists, to include three axes: cultural, artistic, and historical.
