A Specialized Committee Launches an Appeal to Rehabilitate the Most Famous U of K Lecture Hall

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A committee at the University of Khartoum has issued an appeal to the university’s alumni and other generous Sudanese citizens to help rehabilitate one of the university’s oldest and most renowned lecture halls.
In its appeal, addressed to “all distinguished graduates of the Faculty of Arts, alumni of the Faculties of Economics and Law, business leaders, and all people of goodwill,” the committee stated that the Professor Abdullah Al-Tayeb Hall, may God have mercy on him, one of the main halls at the University of Khartoum and the Faculty of Arts, “suffered extensive damage as a result of the bombing, due to the university buildings’ proximity to the sites of the war,” causing significant damage.
The committee added that the Hall, formerly known as Hall 102(the one-o-two), has been, for decades, a platform for lectures, scientific seminars, and graduation ceremonies. It has witnessed various forms of scholarly activity that have contributed to the dissemination of knowledge and the preparation of generations of the nation’s scholars and intellectuals, who were mentored within its walls by eminent scientific and academic figures.
“We are also proud that it bears the name of Professor Abdullah Al-Tayeb, one of Sudan’s leading figures and a prominent scholar of Arabic language and literature, whose reputation spread regionally and internationally, and whose scholarly and literary legacy remains deeply ingrained in the nation’s consciousness.” The appeal stressed.
In its appeal, the committee implored graduates of the Faculty of Arts, alumni of the Faculties of Economics and Law, all those who studied in this hall, businesspeople, charitable organizations, and philanthropists to contribute to the rehabilitation of this hall so that it may once again become a beacon of knowledge and a guiding light on the path of learning, as it once was.
The committee noted that prior to launching the appeal, a graduate of the Faculty of Arts, Class of 2009, had already taken the initiative. Hajir, the daughter of businessman and philanthropist Mohamed Saleh Idris, donated $25,000 as a charitable endowment in the name of their late mother, Asia Al-Hassan. The family also committed to contributing to the hall’s regular maintenance, thus laying a solid foundation for the project, which has an estimated total cost of $64,000.

The hall’s reconstruction committee has created a Facebook page called “Faculty of Arts Reconstruction Initiative – University of Khartoum.” Those wishing to contribute or inquire about how to support the project are invited to visit the page and contact the Professor Abdullah Al-Tayeb Hall Rehabilitation Committee.

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