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Daily Jordanian Press Coverage Of The Coronavirus Epidemic - An Analytical Study, Ali Munem Al Qudah May 2026

Daily Jordanian Press Coverage Of The Coronavirus Epidemic - An Analytical Study, Ali Munem Al Qudah

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This research seeks to determine the value shown by the media coverage of the Coronavirus pandemic by Al Ghad, a Jordanian daily newspaper, by analysing the content of its coverage between December 2019 to December 2020. A descriptive and analytical approach was adopted to show how the newspaper's coverage dealt with Coronavirus issues, using a content analysis tool for all types of journalistic editing used during the study period. This research mainly aims to determine the extent of the Coronavirus-related press coverage by the Jordanian newspaper Al Ghad and to assess the content value of this coverage. The results of …

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Audience Attitudes Towards The Spokesperson Of Health Ministries During The Covid-19 Pandemic - A Case Study Of Kuwait, Khaled Alhumadi Alqahs, Fawaz Mohammad Alajmi May 2026

Audience Attitudes Towards The Spokesperson Of Health Ministries During The Covid-19 Pandemic - A Case Study Of Kuwait, Khaled Alhumadi Alqahs, Fawaz Mohammad Alajmi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aimed to identify the attitudes of the Kuwaiti audience towards the performance of the official spokesperson of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health (MOH), during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was conducted with a convenience sample consisting of 1201 respondents, of which 52.9% were males and 47.1% were females, with an age range of 17-70 years (m=34.78, SD=11.75). The main tool of this study was an electronic questionnaire, that included some demographic variables and self-rating items, such as mass media usage for press conferences and audience motivations to follow the press conferences. It also included the MOH's official spokesperson's …

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Arab Official Efforts To Raise Awareness Of Covid-19 - The Crisis And Emergency Risk Communication Model In The Uae, Rahima Aissani May 2026

Arab Official Efforts To Raise Awareness Of Covid-19 - The Crisis And Emergency Risk Communication Model In The Uae, Rahima Aissani

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aims to identify the contents of crisis communication used by the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to raise awareness of the dangers of coronavirus (COVID-19) and reduce its spread in three phases - preparation, initial and maintenance - following the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication model. The study implemented content analysis for three elements from the crisis and risk communication components introduced by the UAE government. At the start of the coronavirus pandemic crisis, the UAE government quickly drew up a national plan to deal with the crisis under the leadership of the National Emergency Crisis …

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Developing A Stress Prediction Tool For Arabic Speech Recognition Tasks, Eiman Alsharhan, Salah Alnajem May 2026

Developing A Stress Prediction Tool For Arabic Speech Recognition Tasks, Eiman Alsharhan, Salah Alnajem

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Developing natural language processing applications for Arabic must consider the different linguistic characteristics found in speech and translate those characteristics to script in order to reduce computational complexity and therefore reduce the word error rate (WER). Suprasegmental features are fundamental properties of speech that can enhance the performance of many natural speech processing applications. The present study considered stress as a prosodic feature comprising the prominence of syllables in speech by developing a tool that generated phonetic transcriptions and predicted the stress position. The generated transcription was used to create the phonetic dictionary necessary for developing an automatic speech recognition …

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Identity And Participation Among The New Saudis, Desouki Jalal Mohammed Hamed, Ibrahim Al-Husseini Abdel Moneim Hilal May 2026

Identity And Participation Among The New Saudis, Desouki Jalal Mohammed Hamed, Ibrahim Al-Husseini Abdel Moneim Hilal

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

An exploratory study was conducted examining the problem of identity and participation among Saudi youth in light of social transformations. The project combined the quantitative and the qualitative curricula and relied on a field study using an electronic questionnaire with a sample of 1318 male and female students from the University of Hail and the participation of 120 students in focus groups during the beginning of the 2020/2021 academic year. The research was based on a number of international and local studies and surveys, and its conclusions were compared with their outcomes. The study outlined a set of indicators that …

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The Impact Of Sociocultural Changes On Obesity Among Arab Women - Kuwait As A Case, Yagoub Y. Al-Kandari May 2026

The Impact Of Sociocultural Changes On Obesity Among Arab Women - Kuwait As A Case, Yagoub Y. Al-Kandari

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aims to reveal the impact of sociocultural changes on obesity among Arab women (Kuwait as a case). A sample of 250 Kuwaiti women, ranging in age from 20 years to 76 years, was selected from all Kuwaiti governorates. The sample was selected from groups with different social, cultural, and economic status in the society. Social and health scales were used. Degree of religiosity, food habits, physical activity scales were used. Height, weight, triceps skinfold, subscapular skinfold, hip circumference, and waist circumference were also used. Whereas the World Health Organization indicates in the February 2018 statistics that 40% of …

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The Arabic Negative Cycle - An Example Of Historical Changes In The Arabic Language, Mohammed Alluhaybi May 2026

The Arabic Negative Cycle - An Example Of Historical Changes In The Arabic Language, Mohammed Alluhaybi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study considers negation in 47 modern Arabic varieties. The types of negation investigated are standard negation and nonverbal negation. The study reveals that negation in Arabic is undergoing a cycle in addition to the Jespersen’s Cycle, which has already been identified by several studies. In the first stage of this additional cycle, a single negator is used to negate both verbal and non-verbal clauses. In the second stage, this negator is attached to a personal pronoun to negate non-verbal clauses only. In the third stage, a new single morpheme is coined and generalised to negate any non-verbal clause. In …

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Gamification As A Strategy For Enhancing Participation In E-Learning Environments, Khalid Mutlaq Almalhy May 2026

Gamification As A Strategy For Enhancing Participation In E-Learning Environments, Khalid Mutlaq Almalhy

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The study aimed to explore the effects of a proposed gamification strategy in eLearning environments through integrating roles of school community )members (school principal, educational supervisor, teacher, student, and parent in order to improve their levels of participation in eLearning. A mixed methods research approach was used: Quantitative data were collected by means of a questionnaire distributed to a sample of 41 faculty members specializing in educational technology in Saudi public universities, while qualitative data were collected through interviews with eight experts in the same field. The results showed that all factors had a medium impact, except for the impact …

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Social Media Use By The Youth And Journalists - Saudi Society, Lotfi Ziadi May 2026

Social Media Use By The Youth And Journalists - Saudi Society, Lotfi Ziadi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The appearance and development of new media, and the proliferation of social media, reduced distances and removed barriers between sender and receiver. Social networking sites have also made substantial changes to the features and methods of traditional media and journalistic practices. In response, social media platforms have become important sources of information for many traditional journalists. Our research sought to decipher the bilateral relationship between social networking sites and traditional Saudi media and Saudi youth, as well as the relationship between Saudi journalists and media professionals and social media sites, by adopting a quantitative and qualitative analysis as a research …

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Divisions And Differences In Qualitative And Quantitative Research - A Critical View, Fahad Mohammed Alammar May 2026

Divisions And Differences In Qualitative And Quantitative Research - A Critical View, Fahad Mohammed Alammar

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Despite the importance of qualitative research within the social sciences, a close observer of scientific research will notice a tendency towards quantitative research in our educational institutions and Arabic-refereed journals. This bias is usually justified based on the pretext that qualitative research is less rigorous and scientific than quantitative research. This tendency has led to a scarcity of qualitative research compared to quantitative research, thus depriving society of the benefit of the rich data qualitative research could provide. As a result, this research has investigated the causes of this phenomenon within its historical and philosophical contexts. It has also reviewed …

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Gender-Wise Perception Of Students Towards Blended Learning In Higher Education - Pakistan, Saira Soomro, Arjumand Bano Soomro, Tarique Bhatti, Yonis Gulzar May 2026

Gender-Wise Perception Of Students Towards Blended Learning In Higher Education - Pakistan, Saira Soomro, Arjumand Bano Soomro, Tarique Bhatti, Yonis Gulzar

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Blended learning (BL) is a recent trend among many options that can best fit learners’ needs, regardless of time and place. This study aimed to discover students’ perceptions of BL and the challenges faced by them while using technology. This quantitative study used data gathered from 300 students enrolled in four public universities in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The findings show that students were comfortable with the use of technology, and it has a positive effect on their academic experience. The study also showed that the use of technology encourages peer collaboration. The challenges found include: neither teacher support …

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Social Media And Depression - Saudi Arabia, Adel Alaraifi May 2026

Social Media And Depression - Saudi Arabia, Adel Alaraifi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of online social media (OSM) assimilation on individuals’ levels of depression in Saudi Arabia. Over the last decade, Saudi Arabia has witnessed an exponential increase in the number of OSM users. Previous studies suggest that OSM usage can be used as a predictor of many behavioral outcomes for individuals. Nevertheless, the literature on the assimilation and risk of OSM within Saudi Arabia is still very limited, especially in terms of linking OSM to depression. This cross-sectional study adopts a quantitative approach using an online survey of 626 users to measure …

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Using E-Books To Teach Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Students, Ali Saud Abdullah Al-Subaie May 2026

Using E-Books To Teach Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Students, Ali Saud Abdullah Al-Subaie

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aimed to identify the attitudes of teachers in Al Amal’s classrooms and institutes at the primary stage regarding the use of e-book in teaching deaf and hard- of-hearing students. Using the Descriptive-Survey Method, 71 teachers of deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils took part in this study. The results found that they had ( )71 moderate attitudes toward the applicability of using e-book in teaching deaf students. Additionally, results showed that teachers have positive attitudes toward the educational benefits of using e-books in teaching deaf students. The study found no . significant differences because of the variables (the place of …

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The Discourse Of Islamic Urban Heritage - A Foucauldian Governmentality Perspective, Abeer Allahham May 2026

The Discourse Of Islamic Urban Heritage - A Foucauldian Governmentality Perspective, Abeer Allahham

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

In recent decades, the attention given to the concept of heritage, whether tangible or intangible, has significantly increased. Governments have associated the concept of national identity with heritage. However, such an association has . transformed heritage, including Islamic urban heritage, into an emotional concept that inspires nostalgic sentiments towards an idealised past. This research raises questions regarding the concept of heritage and its formulation: Does heritage include everything that has been inherited from previous : generations? How can we create a landscape of urban heritage that reflects the image of the desired national identity? This research aims to re-read the …

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The Dependence Of University Youth On Social Media For Obtaining News About The Gulf Crisis, Falah Amer Aldahmashi May 2026

The Dependence Of University Youth On Social Media For Obtaining News About The Gulf Crisis, Falah Amer Aldahmashi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aims to identify Saudi university students’ reliance on social media to obtain news about the Gulf crisis, and questions to what extent the Saudi youth are satisfied with the content of social media related to the Gulf crisis. The key hypothesis of the study is that . there is a great motivation among the Saudi youth to consider social media websites as primary trustful, knowledgeable and informative sources. As this research is descriptive in nature, the study organised a survey compatible with the requirements of scientific . methodology, and with the substance of the study itself. In terms …

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The Attitudes Of Preparatory Year Students Towards Community Responsibility, Amani Omar Abedraboh May 2026

The Attitudes Of Preparatory Year Students Towards Community Responsibility, Amani Omar Abedraboh

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The aim of this study was to reveal the attitudes of preparatory year students at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU) towards community responsibility. The study tool prepared by the researchers consisted of a community responsibility ( : - scale of 45 paragraphs across four areas: environment, education, social solidarity, - ) 45 and citizenship and affiliation. The study population consisted of 694 students 694 enrolled in the health, engineering, and scientific fields during the second semester 2019 ( )351 ()343 of 2019. Participants were subdivided into groups of 351 high-achieving students . and 343 Mediterranean students, and were further …

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Student Advisors' Perspectives On Training Requirements For Digitisation Challenges, Mamdouh Mosaad Ahmed Helali May 2026

Student Advisors' Perspectives On Training Requirements For Digitisation Challenges, Mamdouh Mosaad Ahmed Helali

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The student advisor plays an important role in the success of the educational process. The assessment of their training requirements includes a foundational . element for efficiently accomplishing their academic duties. Training . requirements fluctuate with worldwide change, particularly changes that create . digitisation challenges. The efficiency of student advisors depends on their technical and personal skills, which require upgrading to remain current. This . study’s aim is to determine and prioritise the most important ongoing training requirements of student advisors in the schools of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, . when faced with digitisation challenges, based on their personal perspectives …

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Investigating Thematic Choices In Trump's Tweets On The U.S.-Mexico Wall - Political Discourse On Social Media, Hesham Suleiman Alyousef May 2026

Investigating Thematic Choices In Trump's Tweets On The U.S.-Mexico Wall - Political Discourse On Social Media, Hesham Suleiman Alyousef

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Trump declared his intention to build a wall along the U.S.–Mexico border during his 2016 presidential campaign in 2016. On 4 January, 2019, President Trump sent a letter to . members of the U.S. Congress on the need to build a long wall to secure the U.S. border. 2019 This led local news reporters to discuss this political issue and its effects on the American and Mexican populations. Since Trump’s decision to build the wall is one of the global . issues that has been widely discussed in social media and American news agencies, it is pertinent to analyze thematic …

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Individual Educational Achievement Of Children Under Five Years Old As A Predictor Of School Readiness, Samia Mokhtar Mohamed Shahpo, Maymoonah Salah Hakim May 2026

Individual Educational Achievement Of Children Under Five Years Old As A Predictor Of School Readiness, Samia Mokhtar Mohamed Shahpo, Maymoonah Salah Hakim

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The current paper aims to review the body of literature on the topic of academic achievement prediction to establish if it is possible to predict the academic achievement of children before the end of their fifth year. A . narrative synthesis performed on the body of the research obtained from " Jstor" Google Scholar, the ‘Jstor’ digital library and the university library, suggests that predictions can indeed be made regarding the academic achievement of this age group. The literature seems to suggest that both academic factors, . such as Cumulative average, and non-academic factors, such as ( ) ( : …

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Gender Differences In The Lexical Retrieval Of Emotionally Valenced Words - The Case Of Adult Saudi Efl Learners, Fayza Saleh Alhammadi May 2026

Gender Differences In The Lexical Retrieval Of Emotionally Valenced Words - The Case Of Adult Saudi Efl Learners, Fayza Saleh Alhammadi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The issue of gender differences in relation to lexical retrieval merits further study, particularly within the context of emotive words. The present study is centred on the possibility of finding gender differences between Saudi EFL adult students in retrieving positive, neutral and negative words. Due to the undecided positions of many researchers on whether there are differences between men and women in linguistic performance on different linguistic and non-verbal stimuli, a null . . hypothesis was formulated. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. This . type of design attempts to approach the rigour of an experimental design (Gravetter and Forzano, …

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Facebook And Efl Academic Writing - Students' Perspectives In A Saudi College, Ahmed Saad Al Shlowiy May 2026

Facebook And Efl Academic Writing - Students' Perspectives In A Saudi College, Ahmed Saad Al Shlowiy

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

A research problem was identified that warranted the initiation of this study. A mixed pattern for results regarding Facebook usage in EFL writing outside the classroom exists in the literature. As the researchers believed in student- centered and autonomous learning, they intended to delineate students’ perceptions of the benefits and drawbacks of using Facebook in EFL . academic writing. The researchers conducted this study with their students at a Saudi college. Ten students participated in this study while they were studying the English Writing course. The researchers collected data through a questionnaire, interviews and participant observations. The findings . showed …

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Aesthetics Of Saudi Architectural Heritage As A Source Of Creative Painting Works - Diriyah As A Model, Yasser Mohamed Fadl May 2026

Aesthetics Of Saudi Architectural Heritage As A Source Of Creative Painting Works - Diriyah As A Model, Yasser Mohamed Fadl

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Based on the role of art education in preserving heritage arts, the current research aims to revive the Saudi architectural heritage in Diriyah by shedding light on its aesthetics. The aesthetics were associated with the first Saudi state, so it became the set of government. Diriyah includes a distinct heritage architecture, containing many aesthetic values that make it fertile material for creativity in the art of painting. The research followed an experimental methodology, whereby the researcher conducted an artistic . self-experiment; after analysing paintings, he presented works that employed the aesthetic capabilities and dimensions of the elements and vocabulary of …

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The Role Of Popular And Traditional Crafts In The Sustainable Tourism Development Of Al Ahsa, Khalid Mohammed Al-Saud, Mohammed Abdullatif Almulla May 2026

The Role Of Popular And Traditional Crafts In The Sustainable Tourism Development Of Al Ahsa, Khalid Mohammed Al-Saud, Mohammed Abdullatif Almulla

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The study aimed to identify the contribution of traditional crafts to supporting the sustainable tourism development of Al Ahsa. To accomplish the objectives of this study, analytical and descriptive approaches are adopted, using a focus group tool in 2018/2019. The study analyses the input of 30 employees, professionals, artists, and supervisors who are interested in traditional crafts. As for the craftsmen in Al Ahsa city, a random sample of 6 craftsmen was selected. The questionnaires and the interviews were used to obtaining the data from craftsmen. In addition, the statistical analysis of the answers was done. Arithmetic averages, standard deviations …

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The Role Of Handcrafts In Changing The Tourist Mental Image Of Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, Hatem Tawfik Ahmed, Ashraf Aly Mohamed Aly May 2026

The Role Of Handcrafts In Changing The Tourist Mental Image Of Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, Hatem Tawfik Ahmed, Ashraf Aly Mohamed Aly

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The study aimed to assess the current status of Al Ahsa handicrafts, which have been known since ancient times, to identify the factors that can help handicrafts development and activate the tourist sector. This is as well as demonstrating the role of tourism media in changing the mental image, to achieve sustainable tourism development for Al Ahsa. The study carried out through field interviews with artisans and stakeholders and statistical analysis of answers to questionnaires distributed to different categories, to identify gaps that change the mental image of Al Ahsa, and, factors that help create a positive tourist mental image …

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Marketing And Entrepreneurship From The Perspective Of The Handcraft Industry - A Practical Study On Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, Ibrahim A. Elshaer, Mohamed A. Aldoghan, Mohamed A. Moustafa, Alaa M. Shaker May 2026

Marketing And Entrepreneurship From The Perspective Of The Handcraft Industry - A Practical Study On Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, Ibrahim A. Elshaer, Mohamed A. Aldoghan, Mohamed A. Moustafa, Alaa M. Shaker

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Although there has been a growing universal demand for handicrafts and their cultural, economic and tourism importance, handicrafts in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia, particularly in Al Ahsa governorate, face many challenges, notably marketing challenges. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of marketing dimensions (product, price, promotion, and location) on the performance of the handicrafts’ entrepreneurship in Al Ahsa region, and to suggest some strategies to overcome any obstacles related to these factors, in order to develop an integrated vision of maximizing business advantage. Questionnaires were distributed among 150 handicraft workers, and structural Equation Modelling …

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Archaeological And Historical Sites In Al Ahsa And Their Tourism Marketing In Light Of The Saudi Vision 2030, Abd Al-Rahim Yusef Al-Shikh Mubarak, Ahmed Hassan Metowaly, Thowayeb Hassan Soliman, Hossam Said Shehata, Wagih Mohamed Salama May 2026

Archaeological And Historical Sites In Al Ahsa And Their Tourism Marketing In Light Of The Saudi Vision 2030, Abd Al-Rahim Yusef Al-Shikh Mubarak, Ahmed Hassan Metowaly, Thowayeb Hassan Soliman, Hossam Said Shehata, Wagih Mohamed Salama

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Tourism marketing plays an important role in attracting tourists who interested in visiting historical and archaeological sites, which has been considered one of the most popular tourist activities all over the world. Al Ahsa has many historical and archaeological sites that make it one of the most attractive heritage destinations in the Middle East especially after being selected as the Capital of Arab Tourism in 2019. Upon that, the present study aimed at highlighting the value of historical and archaeological sites in Al Ahsa and marketing them to put it on the tourist destinations map in Saudi Arabia in the …

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Using Flipped Learning Strategy For Teaching Computer In The Development Of Analytical Thinking Skills Among Secondary Stage Students In Hail City, Hamad A. Al-Reshidi May 2026

Using Flipped Learning Strategy For Teaching Computer In The Development Of Analytical Thinking Skills Among Secondary Stage Students In Hail City, Hamad A. Al-Reshidi

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The research aimed at identifying the effect of using a flipped learning strategy for teaching computer in the development of some analytical thinking skills among the second grade of the secondary stage students in Hail, Saudi Arabia. The research attempted to answer the research questions by using the descriptive approach in the preparation of the theoretical framework of the research. The research also used the experimental approach in the field research experiment. The research tools that were applied are: A List of Analytical Thinking Skills. Teacher’s Guide, A unit in the Student Book under the title ‘Information, Data and Internet …

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The Islamization Of Islamic Architecture - Ibn Khaldounian-Based Problematization Of The Discourse, Abeer Allahham May 2026

The Islamization Of Islamic Architecture - Ibn Khaldounian-Based Problematization Of The Discourse, Abeer Allahham

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Islamic cities with remarkable architecture and morphology have always attracted the attention of researchers, architects, and planners. They explored their architecture, copied its forms into the contemporary world and considered the means of protecting and perpetuating . their heritage. But what architecture are we talking about here? Which buildings and cities are we admiring: the Alhambra palace in Granada, the Sultan Hassan and Al-Aqmar Mosques in Cairo, and the cities of Samarra and Wasit? These and other similar buildings and cities, which abound in the books of history of Islamic architecture, is what the Orientalists selected since the late 19th …

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The Impact Of Social Media On Students' Academic Performance - A Case Study At The University Of Jordan, Maan Ali Alkhateeb May 2026

The Impact Of Social Media On Students' Academic Performance - A Case Study At The University Of Jordan, Maan Ali Alkhateeb

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

There is no doubt that social media continues to influence the communication setting of our modern world, and it continues to contribute to and influence the academic lives of the students across the globe. The aim of this study is to survey the impact of using social media on the academic performance of Business College’s Students at the University of Jordan. Four independent variables were selected including: The duration of use, the nature of use, the number of social media outlets used and the appropriateness of use. A sample of 235 students was randomly selected and analyzed using SPSS. The …

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Ibn Taymiya's Approach To Logicians' Argument That Direct Meaning Is Not Intended, Ziyad Al-Hamam May 2026

Ibn Taymiya's Approach To Logicians' Argument That Direct Meaning Is Not Intended, Ziyad Al-Hamam

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Logicians (i.e. “Al-Mutakalimoun”) utilized various arguments to justify their exegesis position of the Quran text that is different from traditional ancestral scholars. Some of these arguments were regarding cases of belief, especially God’s attributes. This particular argument was based on rejecting the explicit direct meaning when reading the text, claiming that the apparent manifestation is not intended. This led them to manipulate the text to support their interpretation, using what they termed “delegation”. The present paper investigates Ibn Taymiya’s approach to Quran and Prophet Muhammad’s sayings in relation to Logicians’ argument concerning the direct text meaning and its real purpose. …

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