AI en Translation, Pages 401-425
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Iraqi Ministry of Education
Frank Iny Intermediate School
196
Certified by us
Jalil Ibrahim
Baghdad / Al-Rusafa
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Al-Rusafa
Greetings,
We have previously provided the student Bashir ⟦illegible⟧
in ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Copy to /
To
General Directorate of Post / ⟦Media⟧
Sending ⟦your letter⟧ No. ⟦illegible⟧ and date -
The ⟦Respectable⟧ Professor
Do you have the receipt for the registered mail? I suggest that you send the map
of this building in the future by one of the school janitors, obtaining a receipt of delivery.
⟦signature⟧
8/11/960
Non-enrollment ID No. 1124 on 15/9/1955
School Principal School Clerk
Abdullah ⟦illegible⟧ Akram ⟦illegible⟧
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Iraqi Ministry of Education
Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.:
Date:
To the Scientific Institute
Transfer letter numbered F/492 and dated in
for student Bernaji Bashiri. Please be informed.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
Number ⟦...⟧
Registered
Addressed to the Scientific Institute
Arrived - ⟦...⟧
Records - ⟦...⟧
Fils Dinar
Value of stamps attached if it was a parcel
for registered items
Insured for an amount of Dinar (in figures)
in words
Insurance fee
Weight in pounds ⟦...⟧
Receiving officer
⟦illegible⟧
196
Certified by us
Lq Jalil Ibrahim
Baghdad Province / Rusafa
School Clerk
School Principal
⟦...⟧ 17/9/1952
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
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Iraqi Ministry of Education
Frank Iny School
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate and Primary
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F/ 468 / 60
Date: 25 / 9 / 1960
No.:
Date:
Administration of the Scientific Institute High School
We have sent you by registered mail the transfer certificate numbered F/492 and dated
28/8/1960 belonging to the student Bashir Naji Benyiri. Please be informed.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
⟦illegible⟧
School Clerk
⟦illegible⟧
School Principal
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Iraqi Ministry of Education
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.:
No.: F/60/498
Date:
Date: 25 / 9 / 1960
Administration of the Scientific Institute High School
We have sent you by registered mail the transfer certificate numbered F/492 and dated
28 / 8 / 1960 belonging to the student Bashir Naji Bashiri. Please be informed.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Principal
School Registrar
School Principal
⟦Abdullah Nuwayriyah⟧
⟦Akram Cohen⟧
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Iraqi Ministry of Education
School Directorate: Frank Iny Intermediate School
FRANK INY S
INTERMEDIATE &
Baghdad
Telephone No.
No.:
Date.:
Republic of Iraq:
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Al-Rusafa:
Certificates:
No. -: 21894
Date -: 8 / 20 / 1960
Attachments: In the student's name
Certificates:
Number of documents:
To - Administration of ⟦Frank Iny Intermediate School⟧
Your letter numbered / / 196
We send you herewith the documents related to your school after being certified by us
Hoping for receipt
On behalf of
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Al-Rusafa
Abdul Khaliq Jalil Ibrahim
⟦...⟧ dated 8 / 28 / 1960 belonging to
We provided it
Issued
Abdullah Obeidia
The Manager
School Clerk
School Principal
⟦illegible⟧
Frank Iny School
Secondary, Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone 81633
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 81633
No.:
Date:
To / Respectable ⟦illegible⟧
Subject / Certification
We certify that the student ( ⟦Samira Shmuel Ezra⟧ )
is one of the students of our school ( ⟦illegible⟧ ) for the academic year ⟦1971 - 1972⟧ and she is continuing her attendance until now
and this certificate was given to her based on her request to be provided to ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
School Principal
⟦illegible faded text on background sheet⟧
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Iraqi Ministry of Education
Directorate of ⟦Frank Iny Intermediate⟧ School
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Number: F/60/238
Date: 28 / 8 / 1960
No.:
Date:
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
After greetings,
We attach herewith the transfer certificate numbered F/492 and dated 28 / 8 / 1960 belonging
to Bashir Naji Beniri for certification.
Please accept the assurances of our highest respect.
Abdullah Oueidia
The Director
School Secretary
Headmaster
First Intermediate
1956/57
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Iraqi Ministry of Education
School Directorate: ⟦Frank Eini Intermediate School⟧
Number: ⟦N / 284⟧
Date: ⟦28 / 8 / 1960⟧
Examination Number:
To - ⟦Administration of the Central Evening School⟧
That ⟦Naji Yaqoub Shiri⟧ whose photo is attached above is one of the students of the third intermediate class
in our school entered the examination for the year 1959 / 1960 and his result was ( )
in the session and he obtained the grades listed therein and based on his request we provided him
with this document. ⟦And he was dismissed from our school on the date 21 / 12 / 959 according to the decision of the Teachers Council⟧
⟦taken on this date for the remainder of the school year⟧
1- Accepted according to transfer certificate number 202 and dated 5 / 9 / 1958 issued
from ⟦Shamash⟧ school in ⟦Baghdad⟧
2- Documents provided to him previously.
Entity to which the document is addressed | Number | Date | Type of document
3- Classes failed and number of years of failure and reason for failure (illness or other) ⟦First Intermediate 1956/57⟧
4- Subjects in which he was incomplete.
5- His behavior and regularity of attendance. ⟦Dismissed from school on 21 / 12 / 1959⟧
6- Date of leaving school. ⟦Due to poor behavior⟧
⟦The student's dismissal for the remainder of the year 59 / 1960 is (5)⟧
⟦Non-enrollment ID number 1124 on 15 / 4 / 1955⟧
School Clerk
School Principal
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True Copy
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Rusafa District
Certificates
Number 7621
Date 14 / 2 / 1960
To —
General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Examinations
Regarding your letter No. 1598 on 9 / 2 / 1960, the student Bashir Naji had previously submitted a petition to our directorate objecting
to the action taken against him by the Teachers' Council. In turn, we referred his petition to the school administration to provide
a report and return it to us. After reviewing the report of the school principal, it was confirmed to us that the procedure
is disciplinary, as dismissal for the remainder of the school year is within the authority of the Teachers' Council. He was not satisfied with this, but
instead submitted a request to the Objections Committee at the Ministry of Education's Office, and accordingly, the General Directorate of Secondary Education
Private / Public, in its letter No. 3578 / 14 / 10 / 1959, requested a copy of the Teachers' Council decision.
We have sent the requested copy from the school's letter No. 6 / Sh dated 15 / 11 / 1960, which included
the school principal's report on his petition enclosed with our letter No. 71 S dated 1 / 2 / 1960. Until your letter reached us,
the committee had not decided on his request, and yet he submitted another request to our directorate. This indicates that he intends
by this to occupy the officials and influence the school administration.
Jamil Nassif
On behalf of Director of Education, Baghdad Rusafa District
A copy to —
Frank Eini School Directorate / For information
Certificates
The original is kept in the student's file ⟦number⟧ 1
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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Shamash Secondary School
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
New Alwiyah
Phone 91693
No. 48 / 60
No. ⟦line⟧
Date 7 / 2 / 1960
Date ⟦line⟧
The Honorable Director General of Technical Affairs
Directorate of Examinations / Ministry of Education
Subject: Punishment of a student by dismissal for the remainder of the year
⟦line⟧
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 1598 dated 9 / 2 / 1960 regarding the petition of the student Bashir Naji Yaqoub
Bniri, one of the third-grade intermediate students dismissed from this school, please kindly be informed
of the following observations:
First - The individual named Albert Naji Yaqoub Bniri (who is one of the brothers of the dismissed student and
who appointed himself as a guardian instead of his father who is still alive) previously submitted a petition dated 2 / 1 / 60
addressed to the Director of Education for Baghdad District / Rusafa, in which he requested the cancellation of the decision of the
Teachers' Council of this school taken on 31 / 12 / 1959 against the mentioned student, keeping in mind
that this decision was taken after questioning this student and confirming his involvement in acts that warrant,
at the very least, the penalty of dismissal for the remainder of the year. That petition was referred at the time
to the administration of this school for review and response. That petition contained false allegations
and misinformation. The administration of this school responded to that petition with its letter No.
Sh/6 / 60 dated 5 / 1 / 1960 to the Directorate of Education for Baghdad District / Rusafa with a copy of the
Teachers' Council decision dated 31 / 12 / 1959, in which it detailed the facts of the incident
and the dismissal procedure taken against the student Bashir Naji Bniri as a result of his actions
disruptive to order and conduct.
Second - The second petition dated 5 / 1 / 1960, which was submitted by the student Bashir Naji Yaqoub Bniri
himself this time, and which he addressed to the Presidency of the General Union of Iraqi Students - Secondary Schools Committee
with a copy to the Teachers' Union, if it indicates anything, it indicates the extent of
the recklessness of this student and his family with their false claims that have no relation to the truth and
their departure from proper procedures and decency toward the administration of this school and its teaching staff with their attacks
that exceed the limits of politeness and are not based on reality in any way.
- To be continued -
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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
New Alwiyah
Tel. No. 91693
Telephone 91693
No.:
Number:
Date: 1960/2/⟦16⟧
Date: 1960/2/⟦16⟧
(( 2 ))
Third - Munir Naji Yaqoub Bneyri, currently attending the first grade of the College of Engineering (who is the
second brother of the dismissed student Bashir) and who had in turn appointed himself as a guardian for his son instead of his father
and committed what he committed at the time in terms of departure from the norms and lack of politeness toward the administration of this school without justified
reasons, has continued, it appears, to show the lack of propriety and manners that should characterize
a student, during his interrogation by the responsible authority in the College of Engineering, which necessitated
imposing a penalty on him according to the announcement issued by the Dean of the College of Engineering No. 306 dated
1/25/1960, of which a certified copy is attached to this letter.
Fourth - The person named Naji Yaqoub Bneyri (who is the father of the dismissed student Bashir) who had previously, on
various occasions in past years, caused disturbances against the school administration and its teachers for the purpose of facilitating
private matters for his children contrary to regulations and laws, and who throughout the recent period was attempting with various
authorities to influence the administration of this school and its teachers to mitigate the penalty of his son by claiming apparent regret
for what his children had recently done in terms of departing from the norms and the limits of politeness toward the school administration
and its teachers - claiming good intentions before officials on the one hand, and threatening the school administration at the same
time on the other hand - this man, it appears, was inciting his children covertly throughout
this period to persist in disturbances and take a reckless stance toward the administration of this school with
threats and rumors among the students and their guardians that this man and his children have the influence that
enables him to challenge the Teachers' Council and the school administration and cancel his son's penalty. One of the results of
encouraging his children toward recklessness was the improper behavior that brought upon the student Munir Naji Yaqoub Bneyri
at the College of Engineering the penalty mentioned above. It would have been more appropriate for this father to advise his children and urge them
to walk the correct path instead of persisting in their delusion and error.
Fifth - The rise of voices of falsehood and slander from time to time, and the submission of petitions filled with lies and misleading
facts and the attack beyond the limits of politeness and propriety on the administration of this school and its teachers by
the student Bashir Naji Yaqoub Bneyri and by his relatives, and addressing these petitions from time to time to
various authorities, in addition to causing the waste of time of officials and the time of this school's administration,
is intended to harm the reputation of our school just as it is intended to influence the responsible authorities to mitigate the penalty
of the student. This inevitably leads to encouraging some other students and their relatives who have previously misbehaved
toward the school administration and its teachers and departed from the observed regulations and norms for the purpose of facilitating their private
interests that conflict with the public interest - this encourages the persistence in repeating these acts.
To be continued
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Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
New Alwiyah
Telephone 91693
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
No.:
Date: ⟦1960/2/1⟧
No.:
Date:
( ( 3 ) )
Such students and their families, in order to fulfill their personal desires and interests, have often threatened the administration of
this school and its teachers on numerous occasions in the past with their intention to file false complaints with the responsible
authorities in the Ministry of Education with the aim of damaging the school's reputation and achieving their private goals.
While the administration of this school is keen on the public interest, relying on the regulations of the Ministry of Education
to maintain the application of the system in the school, it requests the responsible authorities in the Ministry of Education to strike
against the hands of the offenders who exploit matters for their private interests and to silence the voices of falsehood and injustice that rise from time to
another by the student Bashir Naji Yaqoub Binery, his family, and their likes, and to uphold the dismissal decision against this student
considering this decision to be within the powers of the Teachers' Council as defined by the regulations, in order to preserve the
interest of the school and the interest of the rest of the students and to protect the system from collapse.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Odia
Principal
Attachments
1 - A copy of the decision of the Teachers' Council at Frank Iny School and Shamash Preparatory School dated 1959/12/31
taken against the student Bashir Naji Yaqoub Binery
2 - A copy of the letter from Frank Iny School and Shamash Preparatory School No. Sh/60/6 dated 1960/1/5 addressed
to the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa regarding the petition of Albert Naji Yaqoub Binery
3 - A copy of the letter from Shamash Preparatory School No. Sh/60/5 dated 1960/1/5 addressed to the Dean of the College of Engineering
4 - A true copy of the announcement issued by the Dean of the College of Engineering No. 306 dated 1960/1/25
regarding the punishment of the student Bashir Naji Yaqoub Binery
5 - The original petition of Bashir Naji Yaqoub Binery dated 1960/1/5 addressed to the Presidency of the General Union of Iraqi Students - Secondary Schools Committee
A copy to - Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa - for your information
The Deanship of the College of Engineering - for your information
Teachers' Syndicate - referring to the petition of Bashir Naji Bashiri dated 1960/1/5
The Presidency of the General Union of Iraqi Students - Secondary Schools Committee - for information
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True Copy
To the Honorable President of the General Union of Iraqi Students
High Schools Committee
True Copy
Ministry of Education
Directorate of General Technical Affairs
Directorate of Examinations
Subject / Inquiry regarding the case of an expelled student
Number: 1598
Date: 9 / 2 / 960
To - Directorate of Frank Iny School
Attached herewith is the petition of the student Bashir Naji Beniri, a student of the third grade
from your school.
For your review and to inform us in detail of the reasons for his expulsion for the remainder of the school year
59 / 60, while providing us with a copy of the statements regarding his case and a copy of the decision
of the Teachers' Council as soon as possible.
For the Director General
A copy to
Directorate of Examinations with attachment
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa / for information
⟦illegible⟧ from a school
us and the grade was
for the third time
that he verifies
process in
them in this same
r, and this happened
the school found
the most vile insults
can constitute
the unjust decision
ill-treated him
h and the assault
the limitation of
Beniri
Teachers' Syndicate to investigate the school administration
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True Copy
⟦line⟧
To the respected President of the General Union of Iraqi Students
Secondary Schools Committee
On Tuesday, December 29, 1959, I was sitting in the third intermediate grade class at the
Frank Iny School. The teacher called my name twice and I did not hear his call because I was ill, my
temperature was high, and sharp pains were almost squeezing my head. When I heard his call the third time
I apologized to him, but he refused my apology and summoned the school principal, Mr. Abdullah Obeidia. Without verifying
the news or knowing anything about it, his voice rose thundering: "I will make you an example for the class." He continued with
insulting words, calling me "a donkey, base, and bad." Then he moved on to my family, describing them with these same
words and concluded his speech... by saying he would refer me to the disciplinary committee.
On the second day, I went to the school but was barred from entering the class following the principal's orders. This also
happened on the second and third days...
On Thursday evening, I was requested by the school administration via telephone for an investigation. When I reached the school, I found
the teachers' council meeting. No sooner had I entered the meeting room than the principal launched into the foulest insults,
worst words, and vilest descriptions. After they directed various questions at me, they found nothing that could constitute
a violation, offense, or assault, but nevertheless, they made a decision to expel me until the end of the year.
I am explaining the details of my case and requesting the Union to intervene to stop the implementation of this unjust decision
and to restore my dignity as a student who was insulted and whose dignity was wounded in front of dozens of students, whose rights were wasted, and who was
wrongfully mistreated.
Finally, I would like to mention that the school principal's actions since the beginning of the year have been hostile towards students, assaulting
them and directing the teachers who are under his command to victimize students, limit the activity
of the Union committee in the school, and freeze it so that he can act as he pleases.
⟦circular stamp, faded text⟧
Bashir Naji Bashiri
Signature
1/5/1960
A copy to -
The Teachers' Syndicate to investigate the school administration
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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
New Alwiyah
Telephone 91693
No.:
No.:
Date: 1 / 5 / 1960
Date:
To the Honorable Director of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa / Respectfully
After greetings.
Subject/ Petition of Mr. Albert Naji Yaqub Banairi
With reference to the petition of Mr. Albert Naji Yaqub Banairi dated January 2, 1960 regarding
his brother Bashir Naji Yaqub Banairi, the dismissed student from the third intermediate grade at Frank Iny Intermediate School. We attach
herewith a copy of the decision of the Teachers' Council of this school taken on Thursday, 12/31/1959, regarding
the aforementioned student and regarding his brother Bashir Naji Yaqub Banairi, currently attending the first year of the College of Engineering.
With the request to kindly review our following notes on the subject:
1- The petitioner Albert Naji Yaqub Banairi was the first to attack the administration by telephone on Monday,
12/28/1959, immediately after dismissal, and the Director's response to that was to cut the call without answering
his attack, which had no justification. Note that the petitioner is not the student's guardian; rather, his father is
the guardian.
2- What was stated that the incident referred to in the petition occurred on Tuesday, 12/29/1959,
is incorrect. In fact, the incident occurred on Monday, 12/28/1959.
3- The petitioner Albert Naji Yaqub Banairi claimed that one of the teachers at Frank Iny School called his brother, the student
Bashir Naji Yaqub Banairi, and that the latter did not hear the teacher's call until the third time, at which point his
brother apologized for not hearing due to a pain in his head, but the teacher did not accept his apology. In fact, he (meaning the student Bashir
Naji Yaqub Banairi) hid in the classroom behind the students and did not answer the teacher's repeated calls despite the teacher's search
for him inside and outside the classroom for ten full minutes. This led to a disturbing disruption of the classroom order.
He did all this with the intention of causing confusion and chaos inside the classroom and with the intention of evading
the oral exam that the teacher was conducting.
4- Albert Naji Yaqub Banairi stated in his petition that the teacher summoned the school principal, Mr. Abdullah Owaidya, to
the classroom. In fact, the teacher took the student Bashir out of the classroom and sent him to the administration. The principal was not present in
his office at that time as he was teaching Algebra in the fourth secondary grade.
5- Albert claims in his petition that the principal went to the classroom at the teacher's request and called his brother Bashir,
saying to him (without knowing anything about the matter that had taken place) "I will make an example of you for the class." In fact, when the student Bashir
Naji Yaqub Banairi came to the administration and did not find the principal there, he returned to the teacher and asked him to
close the case. When the teacher refused, he said to him (Do not make it a "laghwa" [nonsense/commotion]). So the teacher submitted a letter to the school principal
as follows:
Honorable Principal,
The student (Bashir Naji Yaqub) from the third grade, I asked him to perform the oral exam,
and it was said to me that he was absent and did not answer my request. When I counted the students, I found the students complete in number.
I asked him to answer, so he stood up and claimed that he did not hear, even though I spent ten minutes searching for him
and sent the monitor to the assistant to ask about him. Then he dared to speak to me by saying (Do not make it a "laghwa"!!).
Please punish him as he deserves, and I thank you in advance.
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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Shamash Secondary School
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
New Alwiyah
Telephone 91693
No.:
Number:
Date:
Date:
p. 2
The original letter of the teacher is still kept at the school administration. And whoever is attributed to him that he insulted or enlightened, this is also contrary to
When the principal received this letter during the break, he summoned the student Bashir to the administration room and reprimanded him for what emanated
from him of misconduct in the form of a reproach that includes both advice and guidance. And what happened only took place ⟦...⟧
From this, we see that the principal's going to the third intermediate class on the night of Monday, December 28, 1959, which is
the day the incident occurred, and his utterance of words that offend taste as claimed by the petitioner is a fabricated matter intended for falsification
and camouflage. In fact, the principal contented himself with reproaching the student Bashir Naji Bashiri inside the administration room and told him that
he would be forced to refer his case to the disciplinary committee. As a gesture of goodwill and tolerance toward this student by the
administration after reproaching him, he provided this student with a slip allowing him to enter the class for the remainder of the session. The student
actually attended his class for the rest of that day.
6 - The petitioner also claimed that the school principal uttered words touching the dignity of his family. In fact, the school principal
did not emit anything of the sort, neither in the classroom (as the principal did not enter that class after the incident on that day) nor
outside of it.
7 - Then the petitioner says in his petition, "And we were surprised on Thursday evening by a notification by telephone from the school administration
to investigate him by the teachers' council." In fact, the summons for student Bashir to appear before the teachers'
council was one day before the teachers' council meeting and also on Thursday. This was not
a surprise to him as he claimed.
8 - The convening of the teachers' council took place on Thursday after school hours because many of its members teach
in double-shift schools, and the most suitable time for all members was Thursday after school.
9 - The petitioner also mentions in his petition that when his brother appeared before the teachers' council, the principal received him with the most foul
insults and swearing. This is not true at all. The petitioner cannot fabricate his false claims against
the principal in the presence of ten members of the teachers' council.
10 - Then the petitioner mentioned that the teachers' council did not prove anything against his brother as a result of the investigation with him, and this is
also incorrect. The teachers' council interrogated his brother, and he confessed to everything that emanated from him. It is worth mentioning
that the state of student Bashir was that of a reckless student on the night of this investigation with him by the teachers' council.
11 - Then the petitioner claimed that the principal spoke in one of the classrooms, saying, "I will expel every student who speaks ill of his family."
This claim is also incorrect. The fact is that due to the repeated attacks and transgressions by
some deviant parents of students against the teaching staff and the administration without there being a correct viewpoint
for these parents regarding matters relating to their children, which are intended to serve their private interests that
conflict with the public interest and school administration, the teachers' council took, among the decisions it
adopted, to leave it to the school principal in the future to take the necessary steps to sever the relationship of students' parents
of this kind with the school, by transferring all their children to another school (and not by expelling them as stated in the petitioner's
petition) in order to ensure no recurrence of what disturbs the school's order and the regularity of its progress in the future, especially since the transfer
of a student from one school to another cannot be considered harmful to the student's interest, nor can it be considered a punishment for him.
The ultimate goal of this measure is to distance the parent of the student who harms the public interest from the school
environment, which must be calm so that regulations can be applied easily in it, in order to ensure the progress of the school and raise
its scientific and educational level.
To be continued
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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
New Alwiyah
Telephone 91693
No.:
Number:
Date:
Date:
17 - This is at a time when the director of this school and all members of the teaching staff in it believe
in the necessity of granting full freedoms to all students in our prosperous Republican era within the scope of regulations,
laws, and established procedures, the entire teaching staff of this school is keen to observe
public interests before the private interests of individuals. And they request the Ministry of Education to support the school in its keenness
to apply the regulations of the Ministry of Education to eliminate what may lead to chaos as a result of the tolerance previously
shown by the school administration and the teaching staff on many occasions in the past towards many
students and towards their guardians who strayed in their behavior from the established procedures towards the school.
Please accept the highest expressions of respect.
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director
Copy to -
The Honorable Dean of the College of Engineering
Further to our letter No. Sh/5/60 dated 1/5/1960 - for your kind information
The Honorable Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Greetings
After reviewing the content of the petition of the applicant Albert Naji Yaqoub Beniri regarding the punishment of his son Bashir,
a student in the third intermediate grade at Frank Iny School. We support what was stated in this letter and request
the venerable Ministry of Education to support the teachers' council and the school administration in the measures taken against
the two mentioned students, in order to preserve the interest of the school and the interest of the rest of the students.
⟦Abdul Jabbar Al-Khalisi⟧
⟦Shamash School⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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Certified True Copy
Baghdad 2 January 1960
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
New Alwiyah
Telephone 91693
Number: 15 / 60
No.:
Date: 5 / 1 / 1960
Date:
His Excellency the Dean of the College of Engineering, Respected
After greetings,
We attach herewith a copy of the decision taken by the Teachers' Council at our school on
31 / 12 / 1959, from which it is clear what Bashir Naji Yaqoub Bnairi, a student in the
first year of your college, did regarding abnormal behavior toward the administration of this school, which
deviated from the limits of politeness and decency. Please kindly take what you see fit of
measures against this student in order to preserve the dignity of our scientific institutes and to prevent the recurrence of
such incidents in the future.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Audia
Director
Copy to -
University of Baghdad - for your kind information
⟦illegible⟧
SHAMASH SCHOOL
Albert Naji Bnairi, brother of the student
Bashir Naji in the Frank Iny School
2 / 1 / 1960
Iny my brother student
The teacher only has in
Rather the teacher's apology
Bashir saying and without
trust between me and
with words that deviate
And that you all
officer.
saying to him that my brother
ours on Thursday
and when he went
nothing was proven against him
An announcement was hung in
in one of the classrooms
that.
No reprimand was directed at him
mentioned teachers
and in our era
other.
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Baghdad, January 2, 1960
His Excellency, Director of Education for Baghdad District - Rusafa, Respectfully
Presented to your Excellency:
On Tuesday, 29/12/1959, one of the teachers at Frank Iny School called my brother, the student
Bashir Naji Beneri, in the third intermediate grade at the aforementioned school. He did not hear the teacher's call to him except in
⟦due to his lack of⟧ hearing because of pain in his head, so the teacher did not accept his excuse.
⟦Upon⟧ the Principal's entry into the class, he called my brother Bashir, saying without
⟦...⟧ I will make you an example for the class, and you know the relationship between me and
⟦...⟧ our father for a reason we do not know," and he uttered words that contradict
⟦...⟧ speech to my brother Bashir, "You are a donkey, and you all are
⟦...⟧ and I will refer you to the discipline committee."
⟦...⟧ Bashir, he was prevented from entering the class, saying to him that the ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ following it (i.e., Thursday). And we were surprised on Thursday
⟦...⟧ to investigate him in the teachers' council, and when he went
⟦...⟧ the Principal with the most vile insults and cursing, and when nothing was proven against him
⟦...⟧ from the school. On the following day, an announcement was posted in
⟦the end⟧ of the current year, and the Principal spoke in one of the classes
⟦...⟧ without us knowing what he meant by that.
⟦...⟧ behavior, and he has never been expelled or given any reprimand ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ kindly cancel the aforementioned decision of the teachers' council
⟦...⟧ years of the life of a student who did not commit a sin, and in our era
of the Eternal Republic. Therefore, I ask you to kindly order him to be provided with a transfer certificate to another school.
This is for your Excellency to decide. Please accept my utmost thanks and respect.
The Petitioner
Albert Naji Beneri, brother of the student
Bashir Naji at Frank Iny School
2/1/1960
⟦...⟧ SHAMASH SCHOOL ⟦...⟧
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Baghdad, January 2, 1960
Honorable Director of Education for Baghdad Governorate - Rusafa
Presented to your Excellency:
On Tuesday, 12/29/1959, one of the teachers at Frank Iny School called my brother, the student
Bashir Naji Bashiri, in the third intermediate grade at the aforementioned school. He did not hear the teacher's call until
the third time, at which point my brother Bashir apologized for not hearing due to ⟦pain⟧ in his head. The teacher did not accept his apology
and called the school principal, Mr. Abdullah Owaidia. As soon as the principal entered the classroom, he called my brother Bashir and said, without
knowing anything about what had occurred: "I will make an example of you for the class, and you know the relationship between me and
your family" (referring to a misunderstanding between him and our father for a reason unknown to us). He uttered words that defy
good taste and the principles of teaching and education, saying to my brother Bashir: "You are a donkey, and you are all
degraded and donkeys (referring to the family) etc... and I will refer you to the disciplinary committee."
The next day (Wednesday), my brother Bashir went but was prevented from entering the classroom, being told that ⟦the⟧
principal had requested it. The same happened the following day (Thursday). We were surprised on Thursday
evening when Bashir was requested by telephone by the school administration to be investigated by the teachers' council. When he went
to the council meeting at the school, the principal greeted him with the vilest insults and curses. When nothing was proven
against him (my brother Bashir), he left the school. The next day, an announcement was posted in
the school regarding the expulsion of the student Bashir Naji for the remainder of the current year. The principal spoke in one of the classrooms
saying: "I will expel any student whose family speaks ill of me," without us knowing what he meant by that.
I would also like to mention to you that my brother Bashir is well-behaved and has never been expelled or given any reprimand,
warning, or notice throughout his school years.
By placing these lines before your Excellency, I hope you will kindly cancel the aforementioned unfair teachers' council decision,
which is not supported by any incident and wastes a precious year of the life of a student who committed no offense in our
eternal Republican era. Therefore, I request your kind order to provide him with a transfer certificate to another school.
This is for your command, and please accept our utmost thanks and respect.
The Petitioner
Albert Naji Bashiri, brother of the student
Bashir Naji at Frank Iny School
1/2/1960
SHAMASH SCHOOL & BAGHDAD
Shamash School Baghdad
⟦Mirrored text on background sheet: SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL / Shamash Secondary School⟧
Shamash Secondary School
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone 91038
Tel. No. 91038
Number:
No.:
Date:
Date:
To Mr. ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
We kindly request your approval to accept the student
⟦...⟧ (Third Grade) in your school
And your student from our class ⟦...⟧ for the current
academic year, we are ready to provide you
with the transfer certificate as soon as you request it.
To the Directorate of Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
⟦Right margin text partially visible:⟧
The Respected Lady
Ms. ⟦...⟧
The mother of the student ⟦...⟧
Please visit the administration of
Shamash Secondary School to receive
the transfer paper
⟦A folded blank paper obscures the left side of the document⟧
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Shamash Secondary School
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Baghdad
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
New Alwiyah
Tel. No. 91693
Telephone 91693
Number:
No.:
Date: 12/31/1959
Date:
Decision
⟦line⟧
The Discipline Committee met on Tuesday, 12/29/1959, chaired by the school principal and with the membership of
Mr. Munir Nassim, Mr. Haskel Ephraim, Mr. Amin Marie, and Ms. Samha Nassim, based on the request of Mr.
Muhammad Saeed Abdul Wahab, to look into the case of the student Bashir Naji Yaqub Baniri from the third intermediate grade, for
performing acts disruptive to order on Monday, 12/28/1959, and staying behind in the classroom with the intent of evading
the exam and disrupting order, and for not responding to the teacher's repeated calls to him for the purpose of his oral exam for
a period of ten minutes despite his presence in the classroom, which led to a disruptive disturbance of the classroom order. And when
the principal summoned him on the same day and reprimanded him for that, he conveyed to his guardians words that were not true at all
with the intent of covering up his disruptive acts. His brother, named Munir Naji Yaqub Baniri, who is
one of the students who graduated from this school in the summer of 1951 and currently a student at the College of Engineering, came
to the school during the lunch period on that same day (Monday 12/28/1959) and entered the principal's office without
permission and behaved toward the principal in an abnormal manner that exceeded the limits of politeness and decency. When the Discipline
Committee met the following day, it decided to refer the case to the Teachers' Council to consider it and recommend the necessary punishment.
When the student Bashir Naji Yaqub Baniri was informed of this during the Discipline Committee meeting, he left the administration room and began
uttering foul words unbecoming of a school student. He uttered those foul phrases in front of some students and in front of
one of the members of the school staff, challenging the Discipline Committee with the intent of undermining its dignity. Therefore, the mentioned
student was notified on 12/30/1959 through his father to appear before the Teachers' Council, which convened on
Thursday, 12/31/1959, to consider this case. Upon the mentioned student's attendance and interrogation, he confessed:
1- To staying behind at the back of the classroom behind the students and confessed to not responding to the teacher's repeated calls
despite the teacher searching for him for ten minutes.
2- He also confessed that when the situation in the class reached an unbearable level of noise, only then was he forced
to appear before the teacher.
3- He confessed that he said to the Arabic language teacher, "Don't make it a loud argument."
4- He confessed that he uttered a foul phrase about the Discipline Committee unbecoming of a school student.
The behavior of this student during his interrogation before the Teachers' Council was that of a reckless student throughout the
duration of the investigation with him. As a result of this investigation, the Teachers' Council unanimously decided the following:
First - Punishing the student Bashir Naji Yaqub Baniri from the third intermediate grade by expelling him from the school
for the remainder of the current academic year 1959 - 1960 based on Article (40), paragraph
(7) of the Secondary Schools Regulation No. 54 of 1954, and not admitting him to this school
in the coming year.
Second - Recording the punishment for misconduct in the record of the student Bashir Naji Yaqub Baniri, which is kept with the files
of the graduating students of Shamash Secondary School, and including a note about his misconduct in all documents.
To be continued
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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New ⟦w⟧iyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadida
Telephone 91693
No.:
Date:
No.:
Date: 12/31/1959
(( p. 2 ))
schooling that the aforementioned student may need in the future. The council also decided to authorize the school principal
to take all necessary personal measures regarding contacting the specialized official authorities about the punishment
of this student currently attending the College of Engineering.
Abdullah Obadia
The Principal
Isaac Cohen Amin Marei Heskiel Ephraim Abdul Jabbar Al-Hashimi Fadhil Daqqaq
Muhammad Saeed Abdul Wahab Yousif Al-Mukhtar Yahya Nuzhat Simha Nassim Saliha Salman
A copy to -
His Excellency the Dean of the College of Engineering - with the request to take whatever action you deem appropriate against
the student Munir Naji Yaqub Bniri currently attending the first year of your college, and that
is to preserve the dignity of our scientific institutes and to prevent the recurrence of such incidents in the future.
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FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 91693
⟦line⟧
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
⟦line⟧
No.:
Date:
No.: 59 / QD
Date: 12/31/1959
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Teachers' Council met on Thursday evening, 12/31/1959, and considered the case of the student Bashir Naji Begheri
of the third intermediate class, referred by the Discipline Committee. It decided unanimously to expel him for the remainder of
the academic year 1959 / 1960 according to paragraph (7) of Article (40) of the Ministry of Education Regulation No. (54)
for the year 1954, and not to accept him into the school for the coming year. This is in view of the disruptive acts he committed
against the rules inside the classroom during the lesson of the Arabic language teacher, Mr. Muhammad Said Abd al-Wahhab, and in view of
the foul language he uttered about the school's discipline committee in front of students outside the classroom.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director
A copy to -
The student's guardian - for information
Personal file
Disciplinary file