Dr. Ahmed Abu Qura

Collection title

Jordanian personalities

ID

JRT00112

Source

JRTV (JO)

First broadcast date

2005

Production year

2005

Abstract

The program is about a prominent Jordanian personality, Ahmed Abu Qura, a native of the city of Salt, where he grew up and studied until he became an important figure in the health sector. He worked in many places but never forgot his hometown where he decided to practise as a volunteer after his retirement.He is a model of loyalty to the younger generation and has received numerous awards for his efforts over fifty years of donations and volunteering. He worked as a member of the Association of Islamic Culture, founded in the 40s, and which established the scientific Institute of Islamic Education, sponsored by its founder King Abdullah I. Among the first graduates of the Institute in 1947, we find His Majesty late King Hussein Bin Talal. King Abdullah II himself, joined the nursery section in 1967.

Type

video

Production companies

• Television - Own production

Broadcaster

JRTV - Jordan Television

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Personalities

• Abu Qura Ahmed

Primary theme

Society and way of life

Secondary themes

• Society and way of life / Public areas and social issues

Credits / Cast

• Abanda Fakher - Speaker
• Zoghbi Arwa - Author of original work

Period of events

• From 1925 to 1950

Map locations

• Jordan - Transjordan Plateau - Salt

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

24m37

Additional information

Photos of His Majesty the King Abdullah - Doctor's photo from archives - the city of Salt - Salt's secondary school