The Iraqi hypertension society IqHS held a scientific meeting on the first Friday of Ramadan, the 24 of March this year, on Babylon Hotel about the challenges of treatment of atrial fibrillation with a deep insight on NAOC . The session was presented by Dr Nazar Naser Atabi and was moderated by prof. Ghazi Haji, IqHS president. Dr Atabi explored the current guidelines for the role and indications of anticoagulation in AF patients especially the rising usage of NOAC and he compared also the differences between individual agents regarding pharmacodynamics, side effect and dosage in different patient population and disease scenarios. the session was interactive and friendly with the audience.