<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Mon 26 Feb 2007</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<A href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</A>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <A href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</A>]</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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"><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 26 Feb 2007</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:<A href="mailto:madihadoss@yahoo.com">madihadoss@yahoo.com</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:Cairo Linguists Group Lecture</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14.7px;"><B>CAIRO LINGUISTS GROUP</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14.7px;"><B>and the Arab African Research Center</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14.7px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14.7px;">are inviting you to a lecture by</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14.7px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><B>Mbaye Bashir Lo</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;">(Duke University, U.S.A.)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14.7px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><B><I>“Development of Arabic Language and Literature in West Africa”</I></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"> (in Arabic, abstract attached)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14.7px;"><B><I> </I></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;">at the </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px; text-decoration: underline;">new</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"> headquarters of the Arab & African Research Center:</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;">5 Hassan Barada Street, Giza, (side street off the previous address Qura Ibn Shureik Street), ground floor, Apt. 5. Tel. 7744644</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14.7px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><B>Saturday, 10</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.25px;"><B>th</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><B> March 2007, 6p.m.</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14.7px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;">PLEASE COME ON TIME.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV>جماعة اللغويين في القاهرة</DIV><DIV> و مركز البحوث العربية و الإفريقية</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> نتشرف بدعوتكم لحضور محاضرة</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>امباي بشير لو</DIV><DIV>(جامعة ديوك، بالولايات المتحدة)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>"تطوّر اللغة العربيّة و آدابها في غرب افريقيا"</DIV><DIV>(باللغة العربية و مرفق الملخص)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> في المقر الجديد لمركز البحوث العربية والأفريقية </DIV><DIV>5شارع المهندس حسن برادة- متفرع من شارع قرة بن شريك -الجيزة الدور الأرضي شقة 5</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>تليفون: 7744644</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>يوم السبت 10 مارس 2007 الساعة السادسة مساءً </DIV><DIV>رجاء الحضور في الموعد المحدد</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>الملخص </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>يسعى هذا البحث الى عرض تطوّر الأدب العربّي ببنائه الفنّي وأشكاله النظميّة في غرب افريقيا. فتاريخ اللغة العربيّة و فنونها عريق في غرب افريقيا. فقد بدأ مع دخول الاسلام في القرن الحادي عشرة ثمّ نمت فروع الأدب العربي وخاصة الشعر منها ليصل الى أعظم مراتبها في نهاية القرن التاسع عشرة، حين أصبحت القصيدة العربيّة رمز الكمال اللغوي والنضج الأدبي لدى شعراء المنطقة في السنغال, مالي , نيجيريا.. الخ</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>فسوف يقدّم هذا البحث أشكال تطوّر القصيدة العربيّة بمراحلها الأربعة: المرحلة التقليديّة على نمط البحور الخليليّة, مرحلة النظم الصوفي, مرحلة المزاوجة بين اللغات المحليّة و اللغة العربيّة. وأخيرا مرحلة الاستقلال اللغوي حيث يستخدم الشاعر اللغة المحلية في نظم القصيدة بالحروف العربية، وحسب البحور الخليليّة وضوابطها العروضيّة. وفي خضم هذا العرض سيتناول البحث أشكال هذا الابداع وأنماطه مستخدما في ذلك شعراء المنطقة بمختلف جنسياتهم و اتجاهاتهم الفنّيّة. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>ABSTRACT</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This presentation explores the development of Arabic literary forms and themes in West Africa. The rise of Islam in this region in the eleventh century was combined with the spread of some Islamic sciences such as fiqh (Jurisprudence) Tawhid (theology) TaSawwuf (Sufism) Tafsir (Quranic exegesis) and Lugha (Arabic language). Arabic literature in general, and the Arabic Qasida in particular, became the main characteristic of West African writings. The paper will trace the development of the Qasida form from Rajaz in the hands of the early scholars, to Takhmis, in the 16th century, to reach its peak in the 19th and 20th century. The focus will be on four forms of the Qasida: the classical meters on the tradition of al-Buhur al-Khaliliyya; the acrostic of the Sufis; the mixed form (using local languages mixed with Arabic); and the ‘ajami form using local languages in Arabic script to write the classical meters. Themes range from eulogy, elegy, praise, to social commentary on local issues related to wars, celebrations, and resistance against colonialism. Poems from Senegal, Nigeria and Mali will be used to explain each form of the Qasida. </DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 26 Feb 2007</DIV></BODY></HTML>