User:Prof.SALWAN

Upbringing and educating

Dr. Salwan Kamal Jamil Abbood (Al-Dahan al-Badrani Al-Ani) belongs to the Boubadran clan, named after his grandfather Prince Badran. His first grandparents lived in Anna – Al-Anbar province west Iraq nearly 400 years ago, and they created a business based on edible oil and various dairy products at the time. Their nickname was Al- Dahan for their owning a large mill to extract edible oil from the grains of Sesame. Thus, their title remained Al- Dahan in the city of Anna. Later, one of the families of Al- Dahan who was represented by its chief Haj Abbood Musa Kanhosh al-Dahan, moved to the city of Ramadi in the late nineteenth century and around 1895. The Dahan clan is a branch of the main Bobadran clan. It belongs ,however, to the parentage of the Honorable Husseiny and ends to their first grandfather, Imam Hussein bin Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah bless him).

Dr. Salwan is the eldest son of the family and has three male brothers born in Diwaniyah city in Al-Qadisiyah province, Republic of Iraq on July 9, 1955. As his father's work (Lt. Gen. Kamal Jamil Abbood, was one of the Iraqi army officers and commanders), he studied elementary in the city of Kirkuk and Baghdad, studied secondary school in Rabat (Kingdom of Morocco) and in Baghdad. He completed his high and university education in early 1970s.

=== Dr. Salwan received a scholarship in October 1978 from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to study a master's degree and doctorate from the United Kingdom. He participated in the first scientific conference at Imperial College London 1980, published his first documented scientific report at the University of Surrey for the Royal Aerospace Establishment in Britain 1980 and his first scientific research was published in an international journal in 1981. He is the first Iraqi researcher to receive the Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Scientists in the Arab world in the area of Physics and Geology for the year 1993, Jordan. === He has achieved several scientific contributions, where he published a number of specialized scientific and applied researches in international journals. He has further contributed, through his scientific work in developing and promoting educational and research institutions, in Iraqi universities until 2003, Yemeni universities until 2009, and he is currently working in one of the national institutions in the State of Qatar.

His education in primary school was as follows:

- Grade 1, at Kirkuk Elementary Coeducation School, Kirkuk (1961-1962)

- Grade 2, grade at Al-Bawasel Elementary Coeducation School, Officers City, Baghdad (1962-1963)

- Grades: 3,4, 5 at Al-Zahawi Elementary Coeducation School, Al-Ma’amoon, Baghdad

(1963-1966)

- Grade 6,  Al-Watan Elementary Coeducation School - Karradat Mariam, Baghdad (1966-1967)

The middle school (Secondary school) was:

- Grade 1, Al-Ma’amoon school for Boys, Al-Yarmouk, Baghdad (1968-1967)

- G2, the Schools of Mohammed V - Rabat - Kingdom of Morocco (1969-1968)

- G 3, Al-Ma’amoon School for Boys, Al-Yarmouk, Baghdad (1970-1969)

He spent the High school education:

- G4, Al-Ma’amoon High School for boys, Al- Yarmouk, Baghdad (1971-1970)

-G 5, 6, Al-Markaziya High School for boys - Al-Midan - Bab al-Mu'zam - Baghdad (1973-1971)