The Academic Council Secretariat is pleased to inform the academic staff of the approval of His Excellency the President of Umm Al-Qura University on their promotions included in the twelfth session of the Academic Council for the academic year 1442 A.H. The secretariat members wish newly promoted academic staff great success in the field of academic research, and supplicate Allah (Exalted and Glorified be He) to encompass them with His care and support to enable them to realize their ambitions and accomplish their objectives.

Names of the academic staff members and their promotions:

1. Promotion of Dr. Hasan bin Abdul-Hamid Abdul-Hakim Bukhari, Associate Professor of Arabic Language Teaching at the Institute of Arabic Language for Non-Native Speakers, to professor.
2. Promotion of Dr. Talal bin Saud Muhammad Al-Daajani, Associate Professor at the Department of History Studies in the College of Shari`ah and Islamic Studies, to professor.
3. Promotion of Khalid bin Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman Jastaniah, Associate Professor at the Department of Anatomy in the College of Medicine, to professor.
4. Promotion of Dr. Fahd bin Ahmad Yahya Al-Zahrani, Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Engineering in the College of Computer and Information Systems, to professor.
5. Promotion of Dr. Abdul-Halim Muhammad Al-Hadi Ali Qabah, Associate Professor at the Department of Da`wah and Islamic Culture in the College of Da`wah and Fundamentals of Religion, to professor.
6. Promotion of Dr. Manar Muhammad Muhammad Ismail, Associate Professor at the Department of Laboratory Medicine in the College of Applied Medical Sciences, to professor.
7. Promotion of Dr. Ali bin Abdu Husayn Saqil, Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry in the College of Applied Sciences, to associate professor.
8. Promotion of Dr. Ayman bin Mar`i Ghurman Al-Amri, Assistant Professor at the Department of Language, Syntax and Morphology in the College of Arabic Language, to associate professor.
9. Promotion of Dr. Ibrahim bin Ali Ibrahim Al-Khalidi, 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.
10. Promotion of Dr. Hasan bin Hamid Maqbul Al-Usaimi, Assistant Professor at the Department of Shari`ah in the College of Shari`ah and Islamic Studies, to associate professor.
11. Promotion of Dr. Abdullah Uthman Ahmad Ahmad, 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. Tahani bint Muhammad Subait Al-Subait, Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Science in the College of Computer and Information Systems, to associate professor.
13. Promotion of Dr. Fayza bint Musaid Muhammad Al-Subhi, Assistant Professor at the Department of Family Education in the College of Education, to associate professor.
14. Promotion of Dr. Tahani bint Salim Ahmad Bahuwirath, Associate Professor at the Department of Da`wah and Islamic Culture in the College of Da`wah and Fundamentals of Religion, to associate professor.
15. Promotion of Dr. Amirah bint Muhammad Safar Al-Sulaimi, Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry in the College of Applied Sciences, to associate professor.
16. Promotion of Dr. Hissah bint Fahd Nusair Al-Sharif, Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry in the College of Applied Sciences, to associate professor.
17. Promotion of Dr. Rabab bint Khalid Muhammad Sandi, Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics in the College of Applied Sciences, to associate professor.
18. Promotion of Dr. Rasha bint Samir Muhammad Maglad, Assistant Professor at the Department of Family Education in Al-Leith University College, to associate professor.
19. Promotion of Dr. Hind bint Muhammad Zahid Sirdar, Assistant Professor at the Department of Qur'an and Sunnah in the College of Da`wah and Fundamentals of Religion, to associate professor.

The secretariat of the Academic Council made appropriate recommendations for the topics included in the agenda of the aforementioned session.