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Consequences Of The Absence Of The Grammatical Course On The Arabic Language Program In Secondary Education In The Kingdom Of Morocco, Abdellatif Elabidi

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

This article monitors the reality of the grammatical course at the Moroccan secondary school, in the countries of the Arab East it's called general secondary school, in which the student graduates with the baccalaureate certificate that allows him to move to university. The study revealed that grammatical courses were completely absent from Arabic language courses in the literary pathways in the three years of this qualification level, while they were poorly attended in the scientific pathways in a manner that seemed to be unprejudiced and did not meet the targeted educational goals. The objective of this analytical and descriptive study …

Rhetorical Figures In Image: A Semiotic And Argument Approach, Youness Laghouibi

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

Based on the principle that every image carries a narrative; we relied in this study on the narrative semiotics to decipher its meanings. This led us through the extended arguments to uncover a variety of rhetorical figures such as comparison, metaphors, meronymy, and metonymy – the common figures of speech used in linguistic discourse to influence the addressee and direct them towards the intended destination.

The Dialectic Relationship Between The Ancient Poetic Discourse And The Authority Of Cultural Reference (Doxa) Until The End Of The Abbasid Era (Selected Poems), Laila Sha’Aban

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

The paper studied the relationship between the authority of cultural reference - as an expressive and artistic value – and the authority of the ego and their influence on the formation of the poetic discourse. Generally speaking, most of the Arab poetry represented the values of the group and consequently was subjected to its authority and rules. Therefore, it was impossible to get detached from the group’s authority, or else you will be regarded as rebellious. That values and cultural conflicts had two approaches: The positive conflict was imposed as a result of the cultural transformations like the conflict between …

Argumentation In The Message Of: The Boasts “Mufakharat” Between Malaga And Sala Of Lisan El Din Bin El Khatib, Omar F. Alkafaween

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

The study dealt with the argumentation strategy in the message of "The Boasts of Malaga and Sala" by Lisan Al-Deen Bin Al-Khatib. The researcher first introduced the message of “Mufakharat” by Lisan El Din bin El Khatib and the motives for writing it. Then, he spotted some representations of argumentation like news and facts to prove and support his preferences for Malgaq to Sala. This was followed by using some rhetoric and linguistic tools to represent, underline and consolidate his arguments as an endeavor to communicate and share his goal of persuading and influencing the readers. The researcher also used …

Narrative Fiction And Collective Representation Biases (Socio-Cultural Study), Loui Khalil

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

The subject of the study is related to the textual city, which represents a partial narrative shadow of the real city. The study is based on the hypothesis, "All forms of groups within the Syrian city during the Baath Party rule lack cohesion and order"! Thus, the aim of the study was to seek, prove or deny this hypothesis. To achieve this purpose, the study used the tools of the sociological approach and cultural criticism to reveal the biases inherent in the texts. As a result, the hypothesis has been accepted and the need to differentiate between two types of …

The Image Of The Turks In The Levant Novel, Mohamed Taha Kayed Shboul

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

The Ottoman Empire was one of the most important countries that influenced the Arab world in every way of life. More specifically, the Ottomans had an imprint on the Arabic literature: poetry, prose and novels. In this study, the researcher highlighted the image of the Ottoman Empire using four different Arabic novels written in different years (2005, 2010, 2012 and 2016) and in four different Arab countries (Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine). The selected novels were: “Safar Barlak wa-durub al-qafr,” by Sulayman Qawabia, “Madarat Al Sharq” by Nabeel Suleiman, “The Druze of Belgrade” by Rabee Jaber, and “The Rider of …

The Challenges Facing Press Freedom In The West Bank After June 2007: A Study On A Group Of Communicators In The Palestinian Media, Saib Nasr Allah, Dr. Mohammed Ahmad A Dawabsheh

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

This study aims to identify the powers given by the Palestinian Press and Publication Law to the administrative authority in the West Bank in restraining the media content, recognize the procedures and the constrains imposed on the media by the Palestinian Press and Publication Law and identify the media laws regulating the freedom of press in the Palestinian Territories.

This study is descriptive, which use surveys and e-mail investigation as tools to collect data from a 90-communicator group in the West Bank. The subjects work for the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate. The study concluded that the Palestinian Press and Publication Law …

State, Vulnerability And Protest Movements In Mining Areas: The Case Of Jerada In Morocco, Azzeddine El- Farra

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

The problem of the research revolved around the protest movement of Jarada as a social act, in which both the economist and the politician overlap. To address this problem, the researcher analyzed the problem using a systematic combination of ethnography, critical discourse analysis and social history. The researcher analyzed the discourse of Morocco’s state on vulnerability, and investigated the rationale for shaping the policies pertaining to the mining fields. Also, he tackled the process of transformations in the field and the population of the study, and identified the factors that brought about these transformations. In addition, the researcher described the …

The Textual Cohesion In “Sunset Garden” Poem By Dr. Ghazi Al-Qusaibi, Noora Aljohani

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

This study explores the features of the textual cohesion in “Sunset Garden’’ (hadiqat alghurub) poem by Dr. Ghazi Al- Qosaibi, the last before his death. It highlights the effect of cohesion on forming the poem’s language, which reflects his grief and sense of death. In addition, the study shows the connection between the semantic and syntactic structures and their impact on forming the entire image of the poem. The impact of textual structures is manifested in shaping the image of self-eulogy and through employing various cohesive devices, such as repetitions and references. This study follows the descriptive, analytical, and statistical …

Women In Palestinian Folk Tale, Mohammed Dawabsheh

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

This paper examines the wemen are portrayed in the Palestinian folktales. Of special interest are the so-cial spiritual, psychological and sexual portrayal of women in the roles they assume: mother, sister, wife, daughter, daughter-in-law and fellow wife. It also investigates both the negative and positive mythical depictions of women in Palestinian folk tales. Later, the paper draws a comparison between this portrayal and the way women are featured in modern social and psychological science. Inspired by the relevant approaches, particularly the mythical ap-proach, the paper used the descriptive analytical approach.

The Aesthetics Of Repetition In Fadwa Touqan's Book Of Poems ( The Last Melody), Noor Al_Ibraheem

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

The research addresses the repetition element in Fadwa Touqan's Book of Poems (The Last Melody) since it aesthetically highlights Touqan's poetic style and dyes it with an incredible aesthetic touch. As we meditate these vocal repetitions, we undoubtedly perceive the degree of the depth of the harmony and consistency of the text's structural components, and consequently the impact of repetition and its endless effect on scaffolding the poem's structure. Therefore, studying the element of repetition is indispensable since it upholds the text denotatively and rhythmically.