{"id":11009,"date":"2026-10-31T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/?p=11009"},"modified":"2026-10-27T04:58:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T04:58:35","slug":"our-graduates-success-story-32-sura-zuhair-al-qazzaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/department-of-pharmacy\/our-graduates-success-story-32-sura-zuhair-al-qazzaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Graduates\u2026 A Success Story (32): Sura Zuhair Mahmood Al-Qazzaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.single .cz_single_fi img.wp-post-image{height:auto!important;max-height:520px!important;object-fit:contain!important;background:#fff}body.single-post .page_cover .page_title.page_title{font-size:34px!important;line-height:1.5!important}@media (min-width:768px){body.single-post .page_cover .page_title.page_title{padding-top:150px!important;padding-bottom:40px!important}}@media (max-width:767px){body.single-post .page_cover .page_title.page_title{font-size:22px!important}}<\/style>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"cz_ignore_number\" style=\"max-width:860px;margin:0 auto;color:#233865;font-size:17px;text-align:left;line-height:1.8\">\n<p><strong>Our Graduates\u2026 A Success Story | Episode 32<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sura Zuhair Mahmood Al-Qazzaz<\/strong> \u2014 4th cohort \u00b7 2007\u20132008<br \/>Lecturer \u2014 College of Pharmacy, Mustansiriyah University \u00b7 PhD candidate in Pharmaceutics<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTo be a pharmacist is to be a balm of hope and a pillar of safety for every patient and for everyone you meet in your life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Profile<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Department:<\/strong> Pharmacy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cohort:<\/strong> 4th (2007\u20132008)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Current position:<\/strong> Lecturer \u2014 College of Pharmacy, Mustansiriyah University<\/li>\n<li><strong>City:<\/strong> Baghdad \u2013 Iraq<\/li>\n<li><strong>First job after graduation:<\/strong> within 3 to 6 months<\/li>\n<li><strong>Postgraduate studies:<\/strong> PhD in Pharmaceutics \u2014 Mustansiriyah University (in progress)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Her journey in one sentence<\/h3>\n<p>A journey of hard work that began with my parents\u2019 approval and fulfilling their dreams, and continues with endless ambition that I hope to crown soon, God willing, with a doctorate.<\/p>\n<h3>Her story after graduation<\/h3>\n<p>My story after graduation began with a year of work at the Ministry of Health, before I moved to higher education as the second-ranked student in my cohort. The biggest challenge was bearing academic responsibility and balancing my family commitments with my professional development, driven by my passion to fulfil my parents\u2019 wish and ambition to see me reach the highest ranks.<\/p>\n<p>I overcame these difficulties by trusting in God, then through the blessing of my parents\u2019 prayers, which were and remain my first support, and with the unforgettable support of my family and my husband, who stood by me during my master\u2019s and supports me now in pursuing my doctorate. My children, and my wish to be a source of pride for them, together with fulfilling my parents\u2019 ambition, are the main drivers of my journey \u2014 to write a success story crowned with the highest academic ranks.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:18px auto;text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/grad_sura_v2.jpg\" alt=\"\u0635\u0648\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u062e\u0631\u062c\" style=\"max-width:420px;width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>B.Sc. Pharmacy \u2014 Baghdad College of Medical Sciences, 4th cohort (2008)<br \/><strong>Second in her cohort<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>M.Sc. Pharmaceutics \u2014 College of Pharmacy, Mustansiriyah University<br \/><strong>With distinction, second in her cohort with an average of 90.68<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD in Pharmaceutics \u2014 Mustansiriyah University (in progress)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Career path<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pharmacist \u2014 Ministry of Health (one year after graduation)<\/li>\n<li>Lecturer \u2014 College of Pharmacy, Mustansiriyah University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Awards, conferences and volunteering<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Founded the \u201cEish Volunteer Team\u201d and fully supervised it with continuous field follow-up, from its members\u2019 second year until their graduation in the fifth year (2025\u20132026)<\/li>\n<li>Organized charity campaigns and bazaars whose entire proceeds supported children with leukaemia at the Haematology Hospital in the Medical City<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research profile<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=57191845993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Her Scopus profile<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Pharmacist Sura Zuhair Mahmood Al-Qazzaz\u2019s advice to today\u2019s students<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWorking in higher education is not just a job; it is a continuation of the journey of learning and of teaching future generations \u2014 so make achieving that your goal.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Are you a graduate of our College \u2014 Pharmacy or Nursing? Share your story through the <a href=\"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/alumni\/share-your-story\/\">success stories form<\/a>. All episodes are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/alumni\/graduate-stories\/\">series page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Graduates\u2026 A Success Story | Episode 32 Sura Zuhair Mahmood Al-Qazzaz &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore cz_readmore_no_icon\" href=\"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/department-of-pharmacy\/our-graduates-success-story-32-sura-zuhair-al-qazzaz\/\"><span>\u0627\u0642\u0631\u0623 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0632\u064a\u062f<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,84,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-affairs-unit","category-department-of-pharmacy","category-93"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11010,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11009\/revisions\/11010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}