{"id":76,"date":"2023-02-28T16:57:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T16:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/qeducato\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2026-01-08T08:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:59:50","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/citycot.edu.so\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"76\" class=\"elementor elementor-76\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-637cbd5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"637cbd5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ceafff8\" data-id=\"ceafff8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b3f9f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-Elementor-about-widget\" data-id=\"29b3f9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"Elementor-about-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- about-area -->\r\n    <section class=\"about-area about-p pt-90 pb-120 p-relative fix\">\r\n        <div class=\"container\">\r\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">    \r\n                <div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12\">\r\n                    <div class=\"s-about-img3 p-relative  wow fadeInLeft animated\" data-animation=\"fadeInLeft\" data-delay=\".4s\">\r\n                       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/citycot.edu.so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/about-mg_03.png\" alt=\"http:\/\/citycot.edu.so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/about-mg_03.png\">  \r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <\/div>\r\n               <div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12\">\r\n                    <div class=\"about-content s-about-content pl-15 wow fadeInRight  animated\" data-animation=\"fadeInRight\" data-delay=\".4s\">\r\n                        <div class=\"about-title second-title pb-25\">  \r\n                             <h5><i class=\"fal fa-graduation-cap\"><\/i> About Our University<\/h5>\r\n                            <h2>CITYCOT UNIVERSITY<\/h2>                                      \r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                            <p class=\"txt-clr\">was established in 2016 by Somali intellectuals with the main objective to serve the educational needs of the community. 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