A professor from Al-Noor University participates as a committee member in the doctoral thesis defense at Zakho University.

Professor Dr. Diaa Najm Al-Sabha, a faculty member in the Department of Optics Techniques at the College of Health and Medical Technologies at Al-Noor University, participated as a committee member in the PhD defense of postgraduate student Anwar Noor Mohammed Mamdouh for his dissertation submitted to the College of Science at Zakho University, titled:
Phytochemical and pharmacological studies of somemedicinal plants growing in Kurdistan region-Iraq

The defense committee was chaired by Professor Dr. Kamal Mustafa Mahmoud from Salahaddin University, and included as members Assistant Professor Dr. Shirin Othman Ismail from Duhok University, Assistant Professor Dr. Mahmoud Ali Hassan from Zakho University, Assistant Professor Dr. Alia Adel Dawood from Zakho University, Dr. Faiq Hama Saeed from Erbil University, and Professor Dr. Lazgin Abdi Jamil from Cihan University at Duhok University.