Last July a delegation from CUE participated in a fifteen-day programme in Potsdam University entitled “Religious and Cultural Diversity in Kurdistan’ sponsored by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Programme) . Salahaddin University and Ishik University were also part of this programme . More academic exchange was planned for this June at Potsdam, but due to the pandemic, it was cancelled.

In order to keep up the friendships and the importance of interreligious dialogue, Dr Johann Hafner , University of  Potsdam, Berlin, hosted a “Zoom” prayer meeting , where each faith recited one of their prayers.  As a result we have some beautiful Christian, Islamic, Jewish and Yazidi prayers to listen to from :

Christian prayer of Rawsan Hedo (Catholic University in Erbil – CUE)

Christian prayer of Johann Hafner (University of Potsdam)

Christian prayer of Debra Habeeb (Tishk International University)

Islamic prayer of Kadir Sanci (University of Potsdam)

Islamic prayer of Ardawan Mustafa Mzuri (Salahaddin University-Erbil)

Islamic prayer of Mohammed Abdulghani Taha (Tishk International University)

Jewish prayer of Esther Hirsch (House of One Berlin)

Yazidi prayer of Chedir Dumeli (Dohuk University)