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The Role Of Open Art Studio In Encouraging University Students To Practice Art Activities, Fakhriya Al-Yahyai, Salman Alhajr, Mohammed Al-Amri, Badar Al-Mamari, Wissem Abdelmoula Aug 2017

The Role Of Open Art Studio In Encouraging University Students To Practice Art Activities, Fakhriya Al-Yahyai, Salman Alhajr, Mohammed Al-Amri, Badar Al-Mamari, Wissem Abdelmoula

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

The current study aims to explore the role of the Open Art Studio in encouraging university students to practice arts. It seeks to answer the following main research questions: What is the role of the Open Art Studio in enhancing university-students’ life in terms of educational, sociological and physiological aspects? The findings of the study show the importance of practicing art activities in the Open Art Studio in enhancing university-students’ life as well as analyzing the integrating role of the educational, physiological and sociological of practicing art in the Open Art Studio. This study ended with some important recommendations such …

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The Effect Of Camel In The Arabic Criticism Discourse, Asem “Mohmad Amen” Bani Amer Aug 2017

The Effect Of Camel In The Arabic Criticism Discourse, Asem “Mohmad Amen” Bani Amer

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This study deals with the presence of camels in the structure of Arabic criticism discourse and its standards. These standards were taken from the behavior of camels, sush as virility, endurance and patience as descrbed by poets. Thus, the effect of camels become a method of Arab criticism.

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Obstacles Faced By Social Workers In Trying To Benefit From Other Sciences Related To Social Service During Their Professional Practice In Schools, Abdel Rahman Sofy Osman, Mohamed Mohamed Elsherbiny, Mohammed Nasser Al-Saqri Aug 2017

Obstacles Faced By Social Workers In Trying To Benefit From Other Sciences Related To Social Service During Their Professional Practice In Schools, Abdel Rahman Sofy Osman, Mohamed Mohamed Elsherbiny, Mohammed Nasser Al-Saqri

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Although social workers may have studied some important interdisciplinary sciences, they do not know how to use or apply them. This led the research team to conduct the study on some social workers in schools in El-Seeb, Muscat, to identify the difficulties they face while trying to benefit from interdisciplinary knowledge. The study is considered a descriptive; data was collected through an electronic questionnaire. The results showed that social workers encounter a number of difficulties related to the professional preparation of social workers, school administrations, available school facilities, and finally social workers themselves. The study also found that there is …

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The Specialization Of Information Science And Its Relationship With Other Specializations: The Experience Of The Department Of Information Studies At Sultan Qaboos University, Khalfan Zahran Hamed Al Hijji, Khaled Ateeq Saeed Abdullah Aug 2017

The Specialization Of Information Science And Its Relationship With Other Specializations: The Experience Of The Department Of Information Studies At Sultan Qaboos University, Khalfan Zahran Hamed Al Hijji, Khaled Ateeq Saeed Abdullah

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This study aims to explore the interdisciplinary research and courses of the Department of Information Studies (DIS) at Sultan Qaboos University with other disciplines in the university, and to explore its impact on the management and development of various academic programs of the department. To achieve this objective, the study utilized qualitative research methods such as: content analysis of documents, written plans, and course syllabi of the department and open interviews with faculty members to identify kinds of relations with other scientific disciplines they seek when building their academic programs. The study revealed that the interdisciplinary relations of the department …

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Making Amends: The Transformation Of Theseus And The Feminization Of Marriage In A Midsummer Night’S Dream, Charles Campbell Aug 2017

Making Amends: The Transformation Of Theseus And The Feminization Of Marriage In A Midsummer Night’S Dream, Charles Campbell

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This study of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream asks why Theseus changes his mind about forbidding the marriage of Hermia and Lysander and what this change means for the view of marriage developed in the play and for the experience of art which the play engenders. By emphasizing the love of women for each other, the vows of sisterhood and the cult of Diana, the play prepares the way for Theseus’ change of mind and for the feminization of marriage and the celebration of imagination with which the play ends. We can observe these emphases in patterns of language and …

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The Latent Soul Illusion In The Causative Object ( الْمَفْعول لَِجْلِه ) Section The Controllers In Purposeful Causative Object Coming As A Treatment Infinitive ( مَصْدَر عِلاجِيّ ) In Arabic, Omar Yousef Okasha Aug 2017

The Latent Soul Illusion In The Causative Object ( الْمَفْعول لَِجْلِه ) Section The Controllers In Purposeful Causative Object Coming As A Treatment Infinitive ( مَصْدَر عِلاجِيّ ) In Arabic, Omar Yousef Okasha

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

The current study debates some of the traditional granted issues among Arab grammar scholars in Al-ManSubat section ( باب†الْمَنْصوبات†) in general, and in the Causative Object ( الْمَفْعول†لَِجْلِه†) in particular. As such, the current study is based on a preliminary exploration for what is to be truly called ( الْمَفْعولِ†لَِجْلِه†). The study then turns to negate the attribute of the Objectivity ( الْمَفْعولِيَّة†) on the Causative Object ( الْمَفْعول†لَِجْلِه†) or other than the Direct Object ( المفعول†به†). Then, the study examines, using the available evidences, the accuracy of the grammarians claims of the psychological condition that have been stipulated by …

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Barriers To Interdisciplinary Studies In The Social Sciences: A Field Study, Mohammed Sayid Bayoumy Aug 2017

Barriers To Interdisciplinary Studies In The Social Sciences: A Field Study, Mohammed Sayid Bayoumy

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

Based on the importance of the interdisciplinary studies and their methods in the social sciences, the current research is concerned with the diagnosis and description of the barriers to interdisciplinary studies in the social sciences with the aim of finding out the obstructions associated with the structure of the academic context and the characteristics of researchers that prevent or hinder the application of interdisciplinary studies. The study used a set of methodological procedures which were the analytical descriptive approach, the case study method, and the non-random sampling method for a group of faculty members at the College of Arts and …

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Water Dynamics, Urbanization And Organization Of Areas In The Sultanate Of Oman, Belqasim Al Mukhtar Aug 2017

Water Dynamics, Urbanization And Organization Of Areas In The Sultanate Of Oman, Belqasim Al Mukhtar

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Throughout the history of Oman, water has played a major role in the settlement and the subsistence economy of a limited number of Omanis. This has been manifested by the emergence of hundreds of hamlets, villages and towns around water springs and aflaj and along wadis and mountain wadi terraces. Despite low subsistence levels, the population was quite well distributed with close interdependency between the settlements especially in the north of the country and in Dhofar. However, this close dependency on the natural resources has not substantially permitted the development of these human concentrations or the expansion of small towns …

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The Multi-Dimensional Problem Of Quantifying Cartographic Generalization Uncertainty: Linear Features As An Example., Ali M. Al-Ghamdi Aug 2017

The Multi-Dimensional Problem Of Quantifying Cartographic Generalization Uncertainty: Linear Features As An Example., Ali M. Al-Ghamdi

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This paper highlights cartographic considerations relevant during the process of quantification of generalization uncertainties, defined here as Generalization Factor (GF). The paper adds to current research on map or spatial database errors and uncertainties, but focuses on the complex nature of the quantification process of generalization uncertainties. Three main cartographic aspects or contexts are discussed in this paper: namely, feature complexity, map sources, and map purposes. The paper discusses the difficulties in producing a universal index as GF that accounts satisfactorily for generalization uncertainty. As a result, there is a need for a thorough study to account for all types …

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A Book Review Of Salah Stétié. Fils De La Parole: Un Poète D’Islam En Occident. Interview With Gwendolinejarczyk. Paris. (Albin Michel). 2004. 263 Pages. C19.50. Isbn 2-226-15192-3, Jamal En-Nehas Aug 2017

A Book Review Of Salah Stétié. Fils De La Parole: Un Poète D’Islam En Occident. Interview With Gwendolinejarczyk. Paris. (Albin Michel). 2004. 263 Pages. C19.50. Isbn 2-226-15192-3, Jamal En-Nehas

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Remote Sensing And Its Uses In Archeology, Abbas Sayed Ahmed Mohamed Ali, Ahmed Abu Al Qasim Al Hassan Aug 2017

Remote Sensing And Its Uses In Archeology, Abbas Sayed Ahmed Mohamed Ali, Ahmed Abu Al Qasim Al Hassan

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Activating The Role Of Women In Voluntary Work, Yahya Bader Al Mawali, Emad Farouk Mohammed Aug 2017

Activating The Role Of Women In Voluntary Work, Yahya Bader Al Mawali, Emad Farouk Mohammed

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The current descriptive study aims at identifying possible ways for activating the role of volunteers in the Wafaa centers. It is to assist the volunteers to achieve their fundamental objectives. The study relied on the comprehensive social survey method involving all volunteers in the social centers located in the Al Batinah region in Oman. Although the most important results of the study show an awareness and understanding by the volunteers of the objectives of the centers, yet a few of these goals require focus upon during the training sessions for volunteers. The results also show the multiplicity and diversity of …

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Recent Trends In Journalism Research And Political Power In The Afro-Asian Countries, Hosny Mohammed Nasr Aug 2017

Recent Trends In Journalism Research And Political Power In The Afro-Asian Countries, Hosny Mohammed Nasr

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This study aims to analyze the new trends in research on the relationship between the press and political authorities in Africa and Asia. It derives its significance from the recent developments in both media and politics in these countries. The study shows that the main shifts in this area of research include:

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The Archaeological Records Of Oman: The Challenge Of Information Management, Mohammed Ali K. Al-Belushi Aug 2017

The Archaeological Records Of Oman: The Challenge Of Information Management, Mohammed Ali K. Al-Belushi

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Although Oman’s National Heritage Protection Law (NHPL) of 1980 explicitly emphasises the importance of recording the country’s archaeological resource, no major attempt has yet been made to quantify it in a truly comprehensive way. And what few attempts have been made to do so in consistent and standard ways have seen attention limited to specific geographical regions and usually with research objectives that did not include recording. With Oman’s accelerating pace of modernization since the 1970s, parts of the nation’s archaeological resource have become exposed to and endangered by both natural and human factors. Some components have been partially destroyed, …

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Cultural Aspects Of Arabicisation: Past And Present, Musallam Al-Ma’Ani Aug 2017

Cultural Aspects Of Arabicisation: Past And Present, Musallam Al-Ma’Ani

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The aim of this article is to examine the cultural dimensions of arabicisation, past and present. The article traces the rise and fall of arabicisation and its ramifications for science, knowledge, research and education in and through Arabic. Arabicisation has been at the heart of linguistic and cultural debate since the dawn of Islam, a debate intensified when the Arabs and their new religion came into contact with different civilizations and cultures. The rise of the Islamic empire in mediaeval times consolidated Arabic and Arab culture, attracting scholars from around the world to research different areas of science and knowledge …

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Arab Islamic Scholars: Contributions Lost, Khawlah Ahmed Aug 2017

Arab Islamic Scholars: Contributions Lost, Khawlah Ahmed

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Arab Islamic scholars have played a major role in the development of science and knowledge and have produced work that has been regarded by many as the catalyst for the enlightenment of the world. They have set foundations and were responsible for many scientific breakthroughs. Yet contemporary history books and academic curriculums neglected these contributions and the role they played. This paper presents research evidence that documents some of these contributions and initiates the argument that there is a need to present such work, connect the past to the present by presenting what seems to have been lost along the …

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When Literature Heals: Nasra Al Adawi’S Brave Faces, Jamal En-Nehas Aug 2017

When Literature Heals: Nasra Al Adawi’S Brave Faces, Jamal En-Nehas

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Precautionary Measures In Omani Penal Legislation – Theory And Practice, Rashid Hamed Al Balushi, Khalid Ahmed Al Shoaibi Aug 2017

Precautionary Measures In Omani Penal Legislation – Theory And Practice, Rashid Hamed Al Balushi, Khalid Ahmed Al Shoaibi

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

Punishment is considered a very old penal procedure and it is implemented widely across the globe. The modern theory in the studies of criminal penalty has changed due to the implementation of precautionary measures which plays an important part in the present criminal legislations, whether it is for the replacement of punishment or its implementation in case of loss of responsibility due to mental disease or minor age. This research discusses and explains the precautionary measures in the Omani legislation – theory and implementation through the identification of precautionary measures, its characteristics or features and conditions of implementation are discussed …

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Art Criticism, The Reality And Difficulties Sultanate Of Oman As A Model, Fakhriya Khalafan Al Yahyai Aug 2017

Art Criticism, The Reality And Difficulties Sultanate Of Oman As A Model, Fakhriya Khalafan Al Yahyai

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This research aims to address the context of Art Criticism in the Sultanate of Oman by investigating and analyzing written criticism. The significance of the current research is that it summarizes the reasons behind the absence of a critical movement in the area of Fine Arts in Oman. This research tries to gather and review the writings in art criticism in order to propose improvement and project a future vision of the field. This research uses historical methods to trace the writings on art criticism, and descriptive analytical methods to describe and analyze the forms and contents of the critical …

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The Dialectic Of Political Thought In The Umayyad Period Al Hassan Al Basri As A Case Study, Fatima Mohammed Al Suadi Aug 2017

The Dialectic Of Political Thought In The Umayyad Period Al Hassan Al Basri As A Case Study, Fatima Mohammed Al Suadi

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This research paper examines the relationship between intellectual movement and the dynamics of context in terms of it being influenced or influential. The intellectual and cultural movement in the Umayyad Period was associated in one way or another with the then prevalent political schools of thought. Most of these intellectual movements were forms of reaction to political movements and they manifested the conflicts, intricacies and entanglements of such political views. This paper specifically addresses three issues: 1. The general features of the theological debate and its political, social and economic constraints. 2. The common epistemological paradigm 3. Al Hassan Al …

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Symbols Of Color Code In The Poetry Of Federico Lorca (1898-1936), Zaher Badr Al Ghusaini Aug 2017

Symbols Of Color Code In The Poetry Of Federico Lorca (1898-1936), Zaher Badr Al Ghusaini

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The current study addresses color symbolism in the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca, a 20th century poet. He lived in the period between 1898 and 1936 in which Spain, and particularly Granada, had a significant impact on his poetry. It lived in his verses and added a unique charisma to his poetry, emerging from its ongoing transformation from tangible visualization to artistic glances. The mention of color appeared in every poem, with some colors being more dominant than others. It added an artistic value with a pure psychological perspective, almost like a painting portraying Granada. This led critic and Spanish …

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The Administrative Challenges Facing Charity Organizations And Methods Of Confronting Them: A Study On A Sample Of Omani Charity Organizations, Magdy Mohamad Mostafa Aug 2017

The Administrative Challenges Facing Charity Organizations And Methods Of Confronting Them: A Study On A Sample Of Omani Charity Organizations, Magdy Mohamad Mostafa

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The aim of this study is to identify administrative challenges that negatively affect the proper functioning of charity organizations in Oman. The study also seeks to suggest some general methods which can be used to confront these challenges. The study is conducted on a sample of charity organizations’ staff consisting of 209 workers, in addition to 15 managers in eight organizations working in five governorates: Muscat, Batinah North, Al-Sharqia North, Al-Dakhelia, and Dhofar. The study identified the following challenges which charity organizations in Oman face in varying degrees: administrative planning, organization, staffing, supervision, records and reporting, budgeting and financing, coordination, …

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Knowledge Sharing Among Industrial Enterprises In The Sultanate Of Oman, Khalsa Abdullah Al-Barashdi, Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri Aug 2017

Knowledge Sharing Among Industrial Enterprises In The Sultanate Of Oman, Khalsa Abdullah Al-Barashdi, Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This study investigates the status and nature of knowledge sharing among industrial enterprises in the Sultanate of Oman in terms of: identifying the motives of industrial enterprises in sharing or not sharing knowledge, identifying the factors that influence knowledge sharing between industrial enterprises, and suggesting a model example for knowledge sharing among industrial enterprises in Oman. The data collected through qualitative approach consists of 23 face-to-face interviews with managers from different industrial enterprises, and two focus groups. The first focus group is conducted with managers from all industrial enterprises, and the second one is conducted with managers from Nizwa industrial …

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The Sentence In Its Syntactic And Semantic Aspects In Al-Salimi’S Grammatical Scholarship, Sameer Statiyyeh, Halah Al Abooshi Aug 2017

The Sentence In Its Syntactic And Semantic Aspects In Al-Salimi’S Grammatical Scholarship, Sameer Statiyyeh, Halah Al Abooshi

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This research aims at defining the concept of the sentence, its components, and types according to the Omani scholar Abdullah bin Humaid Al-Salimi (1913). Like most Arab grammarians, Al-Salimi concentrated on the syntactic level of the sentence without denying the semantic aspect. Al-Salimi adopted the traditional grammatical concept of the sentence. According to Arab grammarians, the sentence is the minimum structure that makes sense. It consists of two main factors: the subject and object. This concept makes problems when applied to the relative clause and the first part of the conditional clause. Both conditional and relative clauses consist of two …

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Public Attitudes Towards Omani Media Coverage Of “Gono” Cyclone Crisis, Obaid Said Al- Shaqsi Aug 2017

Public Attitudes Towards Omani Media Coverage Of “Gono” Cyclone Crisis, Obaid Said Al- Shaqsi

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This survey study aimed at investigating the relationship between Omani media management of the 2007 Gono cyclone crisis and people’s behavioral responses and their attitudes towards media performance. The study was founded on the general principles of the Situational Crisis Communication theory and Stakeholders theory. A convenient sample of 140 affected individuals from three different places in Oman participated in this study. The results indicated that 96% of the informants followed Omani media warnings about the cyclone. The results also showed a positive correlation between respondents’ belief that the media have provided them with swift and transparent messages and addressed …

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The Role Of Yemenis In The Berber Revolution In Morocco During The Umayyad Era «122-132 Ah / 739-749 Ad», Saeed Naji Ghalib Qaid Iskander Aug 2017

The Role Of Yemenis In The Berber Revolution In Morocco During The Umayyad Era «122-132 Ah / 739-749 Ad», Saeed Naji Ghalib Qaid Iskander

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This research aims to highlight the role of Yemenis in the revolution of the Berbers that erupted at the beginning of the third decade of the second century AH / eighth century AD, and involved most of the parts of Morocco. The study examined the conditions that contributed to the involvement of Yemenis in that revolution, and then traced and monitored their roles in it. The study relied, on the whole, on in-depth reading of the sources that made the foundation of this research. The results show that Yemenis took up varied and diverse roles. Some were supporters and contributed …

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Investigatng The Social Impact Of Social Networking Media On Teenagers From 13 To 19 Years Old In Oman, Yousuf Salim Alhinai, Juhaina Alsabahi, Zahra Alwahaibi Aug 2017

Investigatng The Social Impact Of Social Networking Media On Teenagers From 13 To 19 Years Old In Oman, Yousuf Salim Alhinai, Juhaina Alsabahi, Zahra Alwahaibi

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

The burst in the use of social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook, Bebo and Friendster has brought many opportunities, changes and challenges into our world. The impact of this type of media can be social, psychological, and/or economic. For many societies, the social impact is a major concern since these technologies with their rapid spread have succeeded in influencing the attitudes of various groups of individuals. The role that social media played in the recent unrests in the Arab world is a clear example of such an impact. Oman, like all other countries, is also facing the same challenge. …

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A Suggested Program From The Perspective Of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy In Facing Fads Problem, Mohamad Mohamad Kamel Al Sharbeny Aug 2017

A Suggested Program From The Perspective Of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy In Facing Fads Problem, Mohamad Mohamad Kamel Al Sharbeny

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

Fads appear and spread quickly among adolescents in most societies. Such problem reflects different types of unstable behavior such as clothing, speech, and language. These kinds of behavior spread as a result of electronic culture and satellites where it grows and spreads, then deceases and new ones start afterwards. This problem has different effects on teenagers themselves and the societies in which they live. It could prevent them from performing many religious and social duties. It also leads to different unfavorable results. The present study aims to identify the different aspects of the problem and its causes. It develops a …

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Italian Diplomatic Documents Related To Oman, And The Arabia Gulf And East Africa Study And Summary Of Documents, Nahed Abdullkareem Aug 2017

Italian Diplomatic Documents Related To Oman, And The Arabia Gulf And East Africa Study And Summary Of Documents, Nahed Abdullkareem

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

The purpose of this study is to explore and highlight the Italian Diplomatic Documents regarding Oman, in particular, and the Arabian Gulf and East Africa, in general, The study highlights these documents and the way they have been archived in the Historical Archive of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome in order to make them easily accessible. The study also presents key topics that are addressed in the diplomatic documents. The study browses samples of brief translations of selected documents which were translated by the researcher. The study shows that there are numerous Italian documents that are related …

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A Folk Story From Dhofar A Pathway To Indigenous Knowledge, Ali Tigani Elmahi, Ahmed Mohamed Al Khatheri Aug 2017

A Folk Story From Dhofar A Pathway To Indigenous Knowledge, Ali Tigani Elmahi, Ahmed Mohamed Al Khatheri

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

Folktales serve certain aspects and involve meaningful intentions in the society. This paper assess a Dhofari folk story in Oman. The story denotes the significance of folk explanation for the first emergence of poultry in Dhofar. It compares the beautiful coloured bird the Arabian partridge, Alectoris melanocephala in Dhofar’s environment with the common domestic chicken Gallus domesticus. The paper concludes that the folktales target the conservation of the society’s traditions, educating and enlightening the society’s members especially the young generations and most all demonstrates the faculty of folk explanation. Therefore, the paper urges that these folktales must be documented and …

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