On Sunday, 3/10/2024, a scientific visit was held to Al-Ukhaydir Fort in Karbala Governorate, in which students of the fourth and fifth stages participated, accompanied by a group of department professors. The visit aimed to view the important historical landmark as one of the palaces of the early Islamic era, which embodies the principles and aesthetics of architecture of that era. In the fort, the participants met with students and professors of the Department of Architecture - first and second stages - from the University of Karbala under the supervision of Dr. Haider Naji, who kindly led the visit around the fort and undertook the scientific explanation to our students of the fort’s most important features and characteristics.

At the end of the tour, the two groups from the Universities of Al-Nahrain and Karbala went to one of the wheat orchards in the Karbala desert that relies on organized irrigation to green the desert, where they had lunch and took a break in the orchard’s atmosphere. Then I ended the visit by returning to Baghdad