Arts and Social Sciences Series

The Ministry of Saladin al-Ayyubi in the Fatimid Stated : A Historical Analytical Study 564-567 AH/1168-1171 AD

Khader Al-Sarhan — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

This study attempts to shed light on an important stage that the Islamic nation went through , and the state of conflict that was going on between three main forces controlling the Islamic world: the Umayyads who established their state in Andalusia after its fall in the East, the Fatimids in their Egyptian phase, the Abbasids maintaining their authority in the East, noting that political and sectarian conflicts would sometimes disappear when one of these countries was exposed to external aggression, as was the case that led to the entry of the Ayyubids into Egypt, which came to stand by the state in its confrontation with the Franks , based on a call for help sent by the Shiite Fatimid Caliph to the Zengid Sunnis in the Levant which resulted in the Ayyubids assuming the Fatimid Ministry of State, and Saladin al-Ayyubi was the most important vizier at this stage. From here, we will talk about the important role that Al-Nasir Saladin Al-Ayyubi played as the vizier of the Fatimid Caliph in Egypt, trying to identify the reasons and factors that led him to assume the ministry, and to the various military, administrative and economic actions that he carried out in order to consolidate the foundations of his authority, which in the end, were able to overthrow the Fatimid Caliphate in Cairo and call for the Abbasid Caliphate.

Satirical Dystopia in Modern Literature - The Book (A Nation Withdrawing from History) as an Example

Suiltana Greiz — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

This research seeks to reveal the literature of (satirical dystopia) and the manifestations of that concept and its operations within the textual space, as a new term given to creative works that depict corruption, evil, and tyranny in a society whose moral values are absent. In light of this trend, literary and critical works began to shed light on the features of urban corruption in literary discourse in general to achieve communication between the human self, cultural, and social systems, especially since the text is based on the duality of consciousness and existence. This duality engages with the artistic and semantic levels in form and content, to form a window for the alternative equation, which carries cultural and ideological references and searches for the future and anticipates its events. We have monitored concepts that are one of the research mechanisms and an important foundation of its main foundations, within the first section by pursuing the concept of dystopia and its approach in literature, as well as examining the concept of sarcasm, being a unique strategy in dealing with events, criticizing them, and anticipating the future. Then, in the second section, the study begins to monitor the conflicts of dystopia and identify its most prominent techniques and scenic manifestations related to science fiction in the book (A Nation Withdrawing from History), the model, and its semantic and artistic works, which intersect with cultural references.

This cognitive and methodological interweaving resulted in the extremely important place occupied by the satirical dystopia in (Waleed Maabreh’s) literary work, as a cultural signifier and a cognitive communicative field. It is so as it exposes the social, political, moral and psychological aspects of dystopia, and anticipates future dark events by observing this theme and drawing its images with a visionary significance and artistic aesthetics. This theme represents an explicit call for an implicit dystopian revolution, rejection and resistance to societal collapse and political oppression to achieve a dreamy utopia that achieves freedom, justice, happiness and humanity.

The Role of Natural Heritage and Tourist Trails in Local Development: The Case of Sama Al-Sarhan District (Jordan)

Faisal Almayouf, Mustapha El-Hassnaoui — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

The study aimed at investigating the reality of cultural heritage in the Sama Al-Sarhan district. It also sought to highlight the status of heritage in its tracking of tourist trails at the historical-archaeological and environmental-cultural levels and to know the extent of their impact on the development of the local community. The study relied on the historical approach by tracing the chronology of the civilizations that settled in the region, in addition to using the survey approach represented by interviews, visits, and repeated field observations of the area. The results of the study indicated that the region is full of diverse heritage components, but they have not yet been exploited. The region, with its historical, archaeological and natural monuments, has not received much attention, and this is an exclusion and a marginalization of an important part of the memory of local communities. The study also revealed that tourist trails contribute to linking natural and cultural heritage sites with each other, which will contribute to stimulating tourism movement in the region. The study recommended the need to carry out excavation and restoration work for archaeological sites in the region by the competent authorities, to ensure their continuity as a fixed resource for subsequent generations, on the one hand, and to attract tourists to them, on the other hand

Indications of Clothing from the Perspective of Islamic Culture

Mohammad Rababa’h — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

The research aimed at revealing the semantic indications of words talking about clothing in the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Prophet, in a way similar to what is known as (body language), and applying these indications within the frame of Islamic sociology. The current paper studied these indications , then analyzed the meanings to extract what they hold of semantic indications when gathering with others, represented by the clothes for Friday prayer, and leading prayers, clothe of elderly people, widowed women, the vulgar, borrower of an attire, the caller man, devotion ritual for Pilgrim or Umra, the visitor and the visited. The research concluded that each dress has its indications which should be adjusted in accordance with the Qur’an and Sunnah and right values. The research recommends spreading these indications in society and educating individuals how to deal with any new issue, as clothes are not just a piece of fabric, but rather, it is the identity of a society, and the symbol of its distinction and independence.