The Secretariat of the Scientific Council is pleased to announce to the academic members the approval of His Excellency the President of Umm Al-Qura University of their promotions, which were among the agenda items for the 19th session of the Academic 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, supplicating 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 Academic Council Secretariat requests that the academic members listed below pay a visit to its headquarters by the end of next week.

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Names of academic staff members and their promotions:

1. Dr. Turki bin Muhammad bin Abdul-Karim Habibullah, associate professor at the Department of Environment and Health Research at the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research, has been promoted to the rank of professor.
2. Dr. Usamah bin Omar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar, associate professor at the Department of Shari`ah at the College of Shari`ah and Islamic Studies, has been promoted to the rank of professor.
3. Dr. Sami bin Musa`id Masai`id Al-Juhani, associate professor at the Department of Qur'an and Sunnah at the College of Da`wah and Fundamentals of Religion, has been promoted to the rank of professor.
4. Dr. Muhammad bin Ahmad Mahawish, associate professor at the Department of Curriculum and Teaching Methods at the College of Education, has been promoted to the rank of professor.
5. Dr. Sami bin Abdullah Daifullah Al-Harbi, assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry at Jamoum University College, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor.
6. Dr. Muhammad bin Hassan Ali Mukhtar, assistant professor at the Department of Biochemistry at the College of Medicine, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor.
7. Dr. Yahya bin Mazhar Atiyya Al-Zahrani, assistant professor at the Department of Education and Psychology at Al-Qunfudhah University College, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor.
8. Dr. Nassir bin Ali Nassir Al-Ali, assistant professor at the Department of Hisbah at the Higher Institute for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor.
9. Dr. Nadir bin Abdul-Razzaq Ali Yali, assistant professor at the Department of Social Services at the College of Social Sciences, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor.
10. Dr. Abdul-Hamid bin Farraj Sayyid Ahmad, assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics at Al-Leith University College, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor.
11. Dr. Muhammad bin Ahmad Al-Sayyid Qasim, assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry at the College of Applied Sciences, 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 19th session.