The Secretariat of the Scientific Council is pleased to announce to the faculty members the approval of His Excellency the President of Umm Al-Qura University of their promotions, which were among the agenda items for the 17th session of the Scientific Council for the academic year 1439/1440 A.H. The secretariat members would like to wish all newly appointed teaching staff further success in the field of scientific research, and supplicate Allah (Exalted and Glorified be He) to encompass them with His care and to support them in the accomplishment of their goals and aspirations.

** The Scientific Council Secretariat requests that the academic members listed below pay a visit to its headquarters by the end of next week.

Names of academic staff members and their promotions:

1. Dr. Al-Sayyid bin Ibrahim Al-Mansi Saleem, associate professor at the Department of Arabic Language Teaching at the Institute of Arabic Language for Non-Native Speakers, has been promoted to the rank of professor.
2. Dr. Maha bint Abdul-Rahman Ahmad Nato, associate professor at the Department of Aqidah (Islamic Creed) at the College of Da`wah and Fundamentals of Religion, has been promoted to the rank of professor.
3. Dr. Aishah bint Bakr Adam Falatah, associate professor at the Department of Educational Administration and Planning at the College of Education, has been promoted to the rank of professor.
4. Dr. Khalid bin Awwad Muhanna Al-Suraihi, assistant professor at the Department of Art Education at the College of Education, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor.
5. Dr. Mahmoud bin Muhammad Ahmad Al-Kabash, assistant professor at the Department of Shari`ah at the College of Shari`ah and Islamic Studies, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor.
6. Dr. Musa bin Darbash bin Musa Al-Zahrani, assistant professor at the Department of Classical Arabic Rhetoric and Literary Criticism at the College of Arabic Language, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor.
7. Dr. Habibullah bin Salih Habibullah Al-Salami, assistant professor at the Department of Qur'anic Recitations at the College of Da`wah and Fundamentals of Religion, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor.
8. Dr. Afaf bint Atiyyatullah Dhaifullah Al-Ma`badi, assistant professor at the Department of the Qur'an and Sunnah at the College of Da`wah and Fundamentals of Religion, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor.
9. Dr. Ahmad bin Hilmi Hassan Harb, assistant professor at the Department of Islamic Studies at the University College in Al-Qunfudhah, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor.
10. Dr. Badr bin Tamim Abdul-Lateef Al-Sulami, assistant professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at the College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor.

Additionally, suitable recommendations have been made with respect to the rest of the topics on the agenda of the 17th session.