His doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Basra discussed sculptural applications to embody visual social identity.
The thesis presented by researcher Khawla Ghadban Obaid included the topic of social identity as an cognitive concept and a reaction against attempts to marginalize it as the first target in the global conflict project to erase it in favor of a single identity represented by Americanization.

The thesis aims to create sculptural works in which visual social identity is embodied 

The thesis concluded that one of the social features of Basra that shaped its identity is the attachment of society and its influence on nature, which made the shape of the palm an icon that distinguishes it from other cities and embodied through sculptural works.