Prof. Dr. Faraj Mohammad Abdullah, Dean of Al-Manara College of Medical Sciences, received a letter of thanks and appreciation from the Swedish Iraqi Studies Network at the Swedish University of Lund, in return for the distinguished participation in a working paper in the first university leaders conference marked (Towards a unified vision for Arab universities in achieving the goals of sustainable development 2030) Held for the period from 27 to 28 July 2021 under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Amro Ezzat Salama, Secretary General of the Association of Arab Universities, and in the presence of more than sixty presidents of an Arab university, ninety-five college deans, and a large number of academics, researchers and heads of scientific centers and societies.

Where 27 research papers were presented by university presidents or their assistants at the conference, which included the vision of universities to achieve some or all of the sustainable development goals to draw a unified Arab vision for those goals.