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Item The role of arabic poetry in national security: a case study of umayyad period(Association of Nigerian Academic Researchers (ASNIAR), Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma,, 2010-12) Adetunji, I.Poetry where like in other culture is deep-rooted in the life of the Arabs. It has once given of tribal community of blood ties which was regarded sacred and the basis of a National Community. The rapid rate of the political parties in the Umayyad age had a great impact on the poetry of the then poets, which made the parties have their poets defending their parties and also expressing their feelings about the societal ills. Thus, this paper is aimed at bringing to the limelight the impact of political poetry on the national security of the people. Also, the paper shall properly dealt with historical account of political icons in Umayyad age and their poetry will be appraised for the purpose of highlighting their literary worth.Item Emergence of maqamah genre: a historical perspective(National Association for the Advancement of Knowledge, University of Benin, Benin City, 2010-12) Adetunji, I.Art is influenced by and life itself is reflected in works of art. These sometimes reflect the experiences in social, education, spiritual and other aspect of life. The emergence of Maqamah art in the history of Arabic literature in the 4th Century after Hijrah pioneered by Badi’i-z-zaman al- Hamadhani (d.398 A.H.) has marked the great gestures and epoch by the scholars of note in their various literary art. Maqamah as an art denotes different meanings and values with fully rhymed prose with intervals of poetry in which rhetorical extravagance is conscious. And the imnterse of the scholars on this gerne has contributed immensely in promoting their literary skills, tastes and gestures. An attempt is being made in this paper to showcase the historical aspect of Maqamah genre as a new epoch in Arabic literature. Likewise, the position of Arabic literature in Abbasid age, and emergence of Maqamah writers will be highlighted for historical purpose.Item MADḤ genre in Africa: an Incursion into Ibn nafi’s supplicatory panegyrics to his sufi mentor, Shaykh Salahudeen Pelewura(2018-04) Ameen, I. L.This article explores the place of madḥ amidst other traditional Arabic poetic themes in Africa with particular reference to Ibn Nafi‘ panegyric ode on his sūfi mentor. It analyses the salient poetic features of supplicatory panegyric in Nigeria and the extent of its patronage by Yoruba ‘Ulamā. The study proceeds to chronicle the genesis of the fraternity between the poet and his patron. Analysing the structural pattern adopted for the composition, the author discovers that the poem is triggered not only by spiritual impulse but also betrothal connection between the author and his patron.Item المرأة الإيووية النيجيرية والتعليم العربي: دارسة تأريخية نقدية (Iwo Women and Arabic Literary Culture: Historical Critique)(M-Class publishers, 2015) أمين، إبراهيم ليري Ameen, I. L.Item مشكلات تدريس اللغة العربية في الجامعات النيجيرية الأهلية: جامعة فونتن نموذجا (Problems facing arabic learning in Nigerian private universities: Fountain University as a case study)(Department of Religious Studies, Ekiti State University Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, 2019-05) Ibrahim, L. A. إبراهيم ليري أمين; Alimi, S. A. عالمي سعيدItem Thematic analysis in najat khayyat’s satashriqu al-shamsu yawma “one day the sun will rise”(Department of European Studies University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2015) Akewula, A. O.Writers such as Najat Khayyat present the status of women not as passive but as women who experience psychological retrieval and decide to reform themselves. Here, I try to analyse her story satashriqu al-shamsu yawma (One day The Sun will Rise) which was published in the year 2001 in mawsucat al-adab al-arabial- sucudi al-hadith. Her writing, in this story, skillfully operates on simple classical Arabic language, al-fushd. It is an enjoyable literary text, written in smooth, fluent and captivating manner. It poses questions about women’s freedom, hope and optimism.Item Social realism and commitment in husah al-tuwayjir’ wa tula sh‘an min jadidin(2014-04) Akewula, A. O.This paper examines the short story written by Husah al-Tuwayjir entitled " Wa (ala Sh ‘an niin jadidin (And My Hair Grew Long Again). The work belongs to that rare category of Saudi Arabian female fiction writers which offers female perspectives to the general corpus of modern Arabic literary repertoire. The paper explores the expansive articulation of female identity that is contested as a negative model in the story and also points to the social and feminist commitment in Arab-Muslim societies, especially in Saudi Arabia. The short fiction written by alTuwayjir, the paper argues, accounts for female experiences that reduce male-female relationships in the given social context to a fundamentally antagonistic one. Al-Tuwayjir’s story is unabashedly a case study of a more convinced but also matter of fact and multifaceted perspective on female experience in the Arabian Peninsula.Item Shaykh Awelenji’s contribution to the liberation and globalization of arabic intellectualism in yoruba land(Department of Arabic & Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan-Nigeria, 2018) Akewula, A. O.This paper examines the role of Shaykh Awelenje’s globalization of Arabic learning in the liberation process for Afro-Arabic learners in general and Yoruba in particular, using the internal and external experiences of this great scholar of the nineteenth century Nigeria as a case study. A distinct contribution of the paper to the current Arabic literature is many folds: 1) it conceptualizes Arabic learner’s liberation at the global level as a process driven by and contingent upon globalization of Arabic learning whose success is hinged on Arabic intellectual and scholarly legitimation and justification; and 2) it recognizes and demonstrates the liberating potential of globalization and identifies the challenges and limitations of these liberating forces in any attempt to liberate Arabic scholars globally. Drawing on both the case study and the literature on globalization and globalization of Arabic learning the paper concludes that: 1) globalization, driven by al-ilm dalatu-1- Mumin,ayna ma wajadahu akhadhahu, has created favorable conditions and opportunities for a global expansion of Arabic learning, aimed at learner’s liberation globally; 3) to achieve meaningful and realistic liberation of Arabic learners at the global level, liberation must be conceptualized as a long process that involves mutual understanding, education and ultimately, an intellectual revolution based on communicative events, triggered by literary scholarship of the type demonstrated in the life and works of Awlenje and 4) this process must identify and address specific differences among Arabic learners which stem, primarily, from culture, social class, ethnicity, race, nationality, religion, customs, tribal origin, social and political systems and the status of different nations within the so-called global intellectual society, as well as these nations status within the global, religion and political class systems.Item Self and other in umaymah al-khamis’ salma al umaniyyah(Department of Classics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2014) Akewula, A. O.This paper explores patterns and perspectives to the construction of Self and Other in Saudi women’s fiction through a close reading of one the works of one of the earliest female writers to emerge in the Kingdom. A study of how this female writer arrived at the construction of the Saudi ‘Self’ in contradistinction to the other raises pertinent questions on notions of identities across cultures and civilizations. The paper examines series of ‘external Others’, established by the author; Umaymah Al-Khamis, whose own literary exposition and journeys enabled her to depict the question of national identity from a new standpoint. It also gives a picture of ‘internal Other’ of women who, for whatever reason, have perceived themselves as occupiers of the peripheries of the society. It draws its theoretical framework from Edward Said and Michel Foucault. In Salma Al-Umaniyyah, Umaymah Al-Khamis exemplifies the slippery texture of the Self and Other as well as its implications for socio-cultural harmony in human societies. The paper consequently contemplates the following questions: Why is it that the existing studies on Saudi Arabian literature, dominated by male writers interested in entrenching male dominance, have ignored the expression of ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ in the literary tradition of the Kingdom? What extent is a ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ factor in the production and consumption of fiction in Saudi Arabia? Why is it that, the author or Salma Ai-Umaniyyah is interested in ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ in her creativity?Item Gender, women and word in fawziyyah al-Bakr's hayatu min waraqin(Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2016) Akewula, A. O.The emergence of gender in Arabic literary writing in the contemporary period is partly traceable to the popularity of women's movement all around the world. This does not, however, mean that before today the Arab literary landscape had neglected issues which border on women's right, the girl-child, women's sexuality, marital obligation among others. In fact, Arabic literary writing since the classical period exemplifies an extremely strong patronage, by poets and prose writers of men and women subjects. A reading of the works of lmru'u'1-Qays, al-Khansa', al-MutannabT among others compels this conclusion. This paper investigates the concept of gender in general and gender in Arab land and Saudi Arabia in particular. In this paper, I briefly analyse the work of a female writer; Fawziyyah Al-Bakrto showcase female literary writers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which are all but ignored in literary scholarship.