Dr. A. M. A. Azeez Memorial Oration

Dr. A. M. A. Azeez

The Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Commemoration Meeting and the Memorial Oration will be held on Wednesday 9th April 2025 at 4.30 p.m. at the Ghafoor Hall, Zahira College, 406, Orabi Pasha Mawatha, Colombo 10.

Dr. B.A. Hussainmiya, Fulbright Professor and Scholar-in-Residence, Florida International University, Miami and Former Professor in History, University of Brunei, will deliver the Oration on the subject of “Muslims and Education: In Search of Excellence”.  

The Meeting will be jointly chaired by Mr. Khalid M. Farouk, President of the Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Foundation and Mr. Amhar Shareef, National President of the All Ceylon YMMA Conference.

The publication “A.M.A. Azeez’s Contribution to Agriculture in the East” will be released at the meeting. His efforts to boost local food production during the Second World War made Ampara District the granary of the East. The book highlights Dr. Azeez’s greatest achievement surpassing all others.

All are welcome to this public meeting.