The College of Dentistry University of Basrah organized a free poetry competition in cooperation with the Student Activities Department in the University of Basrah.
The competition, in which a number of male and female students participated in, was attended by the Dean's Assistant in Scientific Affairs, Dr. Sundus Abdul Wadood, the Dean's Assistant for Administrative Affairs, Dr. Salman Sahab Atshan, the Head of the Students Activities, Dr. Huda Jassim, and the supervisor of the organization of the competition, Mahmoud Khairallah. The students recited poems that abide to the conditions and regulations of the competition. Where the number of verses, eloquence, non-quotation, and its distance from mentioning any other specific personality or party, and its conformity to the characteristics of free poetry, which consists of one line without a single activation deficit.
The jury made its decision on the basis of their conformity with the specifications of free poetry, and the committee excluded any text that contradicts the rules and regulations of the competition in terms of rime, the main Ideas presented by the poet, the structure of the poem, solidity, efficiency, parity, and details. Where the first placement was achieved by Mustafa Dahir Abdul Hussein, while Nazim Abdullah ranked second, and the student Hussein Lafta Abbas coming in third placement.
The competition concluded with the distribution of certificates of appreciation to all participants in the competition and members of the jury.