Citation delivered at the First Convocation on conferring the Posthumous Degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa Late Janab Aboobucker Mohamed Abdul Azeez Presented by: The Head of the Department of Geography Professor W.L. Jeyasingham Chancellor, Aboobucker Mohamed Abdul Azeez,…
Eminent educationist, scholar and social worker, Aboobucker Mohamed Abdul Azeez, was born in Vannarponnai in Jaffna on 4th October, 1911. His father S.M. Aboobucker J.P. was a leading lawyer, Quazi, Vice-Chairman of the Jaffna Urban Council and the first outstation…
• “During the war when there was a shortage of food, the present Principal, Mr. A.M.A. Azeez, was one of those who helped me considerably in the food drive. From that time I had developed a great affection for Mr.…
It is with great respect that I remember late Al Haj Dr. A.M.A. Azeez, the exemplary Principal of Zahira College, Colombo on his 36th death anniversary which falls on the 24th of November 2009. He was an eminent and an…
This is the thirty-fifth year since Aboobucker Muhammad Abdul Azeez breathed his last, and the Sri Lankan Muslim community is yet to find a replacement to fill the vacuum left by that towering personality, an Iqbalian visionary, an exceptional intellectual,…
In the hectic transitional age in the progress of Sri Lanka from a British crown colony through a period of semi-self-rule to a free and independent nation, a few names stand out as leaders of undisputed versatility. They made lasting…
I am privileged to write the commemorative article on late Dr. A. M. A. Azeez to mark his 37th death anniversary on November 24, 2010. This article is a way of expressing my gratitude to this outstanding Sri Lankan who…
November 24, 2009, marked the 36th death anniversary of Dr. A.M.A. Azeez, C.C.S., Principal of Zahira College, Colombo for 13 years which records the ‘Golden Era’ of the college. It is specially appropriate to appreciate his invaluable services to the…