Under the auspices of the President of the University of Basra, Professor Dr. Saad Shaheen Hammadi, and under the supervision of the Director General of the Marine Sciences Center, Professor Dr. Abdul-Zahra Abdul-Rasool Al-Helou, the Culture and Society Committee held a Quranic forum on the occasion of the martyrdom of the Mawla of the Monotheists Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him. The forum included a blessed recitation of the Holy Quran and a religious lecture delivered by Dr. Ihsan Al-Jazairi explained the virtues of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib. At the end of the forum, the prayer of Farag was recited. Appreciation certificates were also distributed to the lecturer and reciters of the Holy Qur’an.