Highlighting the Manuscript Heritage, Documents, and Hawza Religious Schools of Najaf
Ali Al-Helou / Media
On October 12, 2025, world-renowned Italian photographer Roberto Di Asiti visited the Kashaaf Al-Ghita’a Public Foundation and Library, as well as the Mahdiyya Religious School in Najaf. The visit is part of his tour in Iraq aimed at documenting cultural and artistic landmarks, including Islamic heritage sites.
The purpose of the visit was to shed light on Najaf’s rich manuscript and documentary heritage, along with its prominent religious seminaries (Hawzas), which hold significant scholarly and historical value. The delegation the details
The General Secretariat of the Shia role in the establishment of Islamic knowledge and its development His Eminence Mohammad Ali Rezaei, invited Dr. Sheikh Abbas Kashif Al-Ghitaa ,secretary general of The General Kashif Al-Ghitaa Foundation, and participated in proceedings of the Conference which took place in the holy city of Qom, where Dr. Sheikh Abbas Kashif Al-Ghitaa a gave a speech entitled (Shia role in the establishment of Islamic knowledge), to illustrate the role of Ahlul Al-Bayt (peace be upon them) in the establishment of knowledge and promotion of Islam, as well as demonstrating the role of Shia scholars in the establishment of such the details
A delegation from the Faculty of Jurisprudence at the University of Kufa ,Included the teachers and students of the college, visited The General Kashif Al-Ghitaa Foundation and was received by His Eminence Sheikh Abbas Abbas Kashif Al-Ghitaa Secretary General of the Foundation. The visiting delegation listened to a brief explanation about the working mechanism of each section of the institution. Mr. Mustafa Al-Sarraf ,the head of precious Manuscripts Department, gave a lecture about the general steps to acquire the manuscripts in a scientific way. Afterwards, the visiting delegation was briefed on the most important manuscripts, as well as how the details
Sada Al-Raudhatain Magazine ,which are published by the media Division in the Department of Intellectual and Cultural affairs at the Abbasiya holy Shrine, published the scientific research session of His Eminence Dr. Sheikh Abbas Kashif Al-Ghitaa in its issue 336, which was held as part of the events of the 14th World spring of martyrdom Festival. the research Entitled (The Project of Fatwa of Sacred Defense), stating that religious Authority is of great importance in our human history, considering that it constitutes an important element of human civilization, which resulted in decisive positions in Iraq's national life when crises intensified, the details
Karbala International Book Fair ended on Tuesday, 24/4/2018, as part of the International Spring of Martyrdom Festival, which was held by the General Secretaries of the Husseiniya and Abbasiya Holy Shrine for ten days, during which more than 130 publishers and institutions participated in it.
At the end of the exhibition, certificates of thanks and appreciation were distributed to the participants. The General Kashif Al-Ghitaa Foundation had an active participant in this regard, where its printed products were presented, including the newly published documents directory, which includes indexes of 10,000 documents, the manuscript directory in the details
The charitable donations department of The General Kashif Al-Ghitaa Foundation closed the sewing course at the Husayniyah Haja Araka in Najaf, which lasted for 10 days from Sunday 22/4/2018 until 1/5/2018.
"The first course is to teach the art of sewing with the participation of (10 trainees) from the needy families," said Raad Al-Krititi, director of the charitable donation department. "The aim of the course is to enable trainees to sew, And thus support themselves and their families through the income to increases their living standard and reduce poverty".
Al-Kraiti stressed that " conceptual and operational the details
The Directorate of the Imam Al-Khoei Library has sent a letter of thanks and appreciation to The General Kashif Al-Getaa Foundation for mutual cooperation by providing the Imam Al-Khoei Library with the intellectual heritage of the manuscript and the program of manuscripts of library. It is worth mentioning that The General Kashif Al-Getaa Foundation opens the door to the cooperation of intellectual institutions and public libraries in order to exchange knowledge and disseminate the manuscript heritage so that researchers and inquirers can achieve it and get its knowledge and benefit from it. the details
Sheikh Ahmed Kashif Al-Getaa, Deputy Secretary-General of Kashif Al-Getaa Foundation, received on Saturday 16/4/2016 Sayyed Saeed Al-Bukhati the Director of Warith Al-Anbiaa’ Foundation for Specialized Studies in Imam Husain renaissance belonging to Imam Husain Holy Shrine, and Sheikh Fadel Al-Jiyashi.
The guests were briefed on the sections of the Foundation, praising the work assigned to each department to preserve the humanitarian heritage, including the manuscripts and documents. The guests also saw the most important achievements of the Foundation, including the book manuscripts, which includes a suit of 8000 thousand manuscripts as the details
Shiekh Abbas Kashif Al-Getaa participated in the Al-Jaafari Waqf Forum with a research paper titled “Waqf of Electronic Programs, Social Media Applications as A Model", at the invitation of the General Secretariat of the Jafariyah Waqf in Kuwait.
The research paper included four sections. The first section was the definition of waqf linguistically and idiomatically and the definition of the electronic programs and social media programs and its importance. The second topic talked about the electronic programs as a right, and the third topic touched upon to the electronic programs as funds considering the waqf of funds and evidence to the details
The 30th edition of the International Book Fair was finished in the Iranian capital of Tehran, as The General Kashif Al-Getaa Foundation had a productive and effective participant in the festival, which included many publications.
The participation of the Foundation in this exhibition had a continuous flow of the presence; agreement was reached with the officials of the exhibition on the mechanism to be dealt with to participate in future sessions.
The pavilion witnessed the presence of some professors in the Hawza, academic universities and some political figures, including Mr. Reza Salehi, Minister of Culture and Guidance, his assistant Mr. the details
