The secretariat of the Academic Council is pleased to inform the academic staff members of the approval of his Excellency the President of Umm Al-Qura University on their promotions included in the twenty-seventh session of the Academic Council for the Academic Year 1441 A.H. The secretariat members wish newly promoted teaching staff great success in the field of scientific research, and supplicate Allah (Exalted and Glorified be He) to encompass them with His care and support to achieve their ambitions and accomplishing their goals.

The names of the academic staff members and their promotions:

1. Promotion of Dr. Suhail bin Salem Salman Al-Harbi, Associate Professor at the Department of Art Education in the College of Education, to professor.
2. Promotion of Dr. Abdul-Rahman bin Ahmad Murdi Al-Zahrani, Assistant Professor at Hisbah Department in the Higher Institute for Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil, to associate professor.
3. Promotion of Dr. Himdan bin Darwish Ghurmullah Al-Ghamdi, Assistant Professor at the Department of Administrative and Humanitarian Research in the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research, to associate professor.
4. Promotion of Dr. Salih bin Sulaiman Hamad Al-Huwais, Assistant Professor at the Department of Shari`ah in the College of Shari`ah and Islamic Studies, to associate professor.
5. Promotion of Dr. Sulaiman bin Ali Muhmmad Al-Fifi, Assistant Professor at Hisbah Department in the Higher Institute for Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil, to associate professor.
6. Promotion of Dr. Fahd bin Ayed bin Fahd Al-Qahtani, Assistant Professor at Islamic and Comparative Education Department in the College of Education, to associate professor.
7. Promotion of Dr. Fawwaz bin Salih Jabbarah Al-Sulami, Assistant Professor at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education, to associate professor.
8. Promotion of Dr. Muhammad bin Abdul-Jabbar Mayud Al-Sulami, Assistant Professor at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education, to associate professor.
9. Promotion of Dr. Mamun Al-Tijani Hasan Al-Dali, Assistant Professor at Arabic Language Teaching Department in the Institute of Arabic Language for Non-Native Speakers, to associate professor.
10. Promotion of Dr. Eman bint Salim Salih Qabus, Assistant Professor at the Department of Shari`ah in the College of Shari`ah and Islamic Studies, to associate professor.
11. Promotion of Dr. Mashail bint Salim Abdullah Bajabir, Assistant Professor at the Department of Quranic Recitations in the College of Da`wah and Fundamentals of Religion, to associate professor.
12. Promotion of Dr. Manal bint Yahya Muhammad Sameeh, Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry in Al-Leith University College, to associate professor.
13. Promotion of Dr. Arij bint Fahd Abid Al-Jabri, Assistant Professor at the Department of Shari`ah in the College of Shari`ah and Islamic Studies, to associate professor.

Moreover, the Secretariat of the Academic Council made appropriate recommendations for the topics included in the agenda of the aforementioned session.