{"id":252447,"date":"2021-10-25T20:24:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T17:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/107.6.182.27\/en\/?p=252447"},"modified":"2021-10-25T22:45:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:45:37","slug":"thousands-of-students-take-part-in-annual-carnival-of-damascus-medical-and-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=252447","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of students take part in annual carnival of Damascus medical and engineering faculties"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damascus, SANA-thousands of students participated on Monday in the annual university carnival, which brought together students of medical and engineering faculties at the University of Damascus and concluded with a basketball match in an enthusiastic atmosphere at al-Jalaa Sports City.<\/p>\n

The carnival, which was organized by the National Union for Syrian Students, set off from the Faculty of Civil Engineering in al-Baramkeh, passing through the customs and Umayyad squares and the Mazzeh highway towards al-Jalaa Sports City. Later, a basketball match was held between two teams representing the aforementioned colleges and it ended with the engineering colleges team winning 58\/49 points.<\/p>\n

Eng. Iyad Talib, a member of the Executive Office of the National Union for Syrian Students and Head of the Sports Activity Office, said in an interview with SANA that \u201c It is a day of sports for all students who affirm through their participation that life continues with all its details as they has withstood at universities during the war on Syria.<\/p>\n

He added that the goal of the carnival is to raise the spirit of honest competition among students, stir them to communicate with each other in a positive way, and attract the largest possible number of talented students who are excelled at certain sports.<\/p>\n