Abdelhamid Elewa
Biographic Data
| ID | 1679463 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abdelhamid Elewa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abdelhamid |
| FAMILY NAME | Elewa |
| SIGNATURE | ELEWA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Islamic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0453-9455 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Westophobia and the clash of civilizations rhetoric: A critical discourse analysis of misrepresented Western quotations in Arabic Islamic scholarship
This paper examines the construction and perpetuation of Westophobia in Arabic Muslim narratives using CDA of the clash of civilization rhetoric. Drawing on van Dijk’s model, the study aims to uncover the Us Vs. Them dimension imbued in these narratives and understand how language shapes the conflict and contributes to the construction of this dichotomy. Drawing on Teun A. van Dijk’s (2000) ‘Ideological Square’ model, the study analyzes how speci…
Impact of Genre on Authorship Attribution in Arabic Poetry and Prose
This article examines whether authors change their styles when writing in different genres, like poetry and prose, particularly under the metrical constraints of the former. Using a corpus of works by five modern Egyptian authors, we analyse the effectiveness of N most frequent words and N most frequent morphological segments in distinguishing between poetry and prose written by the same author. Through supervised and unsupervised machine learnin…
Not ready for democracy: A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of the representation of majorities in Arabic media narratives
This paper combines corpus linguistics (CL) techniques and critical discourse analysis (CDA) to explore how the majority of people are represented in media discourse. Some CL techniques and statistical tests are used to identify the linguistic patterns for representing the majority in Arabic discourse quantitatively and qualitatively. Wodak’s discursive strategies and Van Leeuwen’s representation strategies of social actors are used to complement…
Re-Presenting Women in the Qur'an Translated: Sociocultural Re-Contextualization From a Feminist Perspective
This article analyzes the strategies employed by translators to re-present women in the Qur'an, in light of contemporary feminist translation theory. Examining a range of Qur'anic translations, the study investigates how translators utilize feminist strategies to challenge patriarchal interpretations and align the sacred text with contemporary gender-inclusive discourse. The findings reveal that individual translations, even those produced by men…
Manipulating English news reports translated into Arabic: The influence of patronage and socio-narratives
The influence of patronage and socio-narratives on the process and product of translation is examined, focusing on the implications of these social phenomena on the translation of current affairs in the Arab world. The translation of English news articles in Arabic newspapers is analysed to see whether the linguistic structures and strategies employed by the source and target newspapers in news reporting are doctored for communication flow or rat…
Recodification of Gestures in Early Arabic Spoken Discourse Intralingually and Interlingually
This paper explores the symbolic values of gestures in early Arab discourse. The Prophet’s traditions are selected for analysis because they are the most canonical Islamic texts after the Qur’an. The paper analyzes the implications of the Prophet’s gestures as his traditions were related orally before they were recorded in scrolls later. Therefore, we can examine how these semiotic gestures are interpreted in the Arabic script as situated in the …
The semiology of colors in scripture translation: Arabic-English
This paper examines the color symbolic values in two different and unrelated languages, Arabic and English. It analyses the colors mentioned in the Qur'an semiotically and their translation based on Peirce's semiotic model of sign interpretation, while considering the socio-cultural differences that influence the understanding and rendering of color signs, informed by corpus-based analysis. Although the Qur'an contains the most basic colors like …
Componential analysis of the divine names in scripture translation
The main aim of this paper is use Componential Analysis to identify the basic components of a number of divine names to understand their meanings in the heavenly scriptures to render their meanings accurately. The divine names selected for this study are either of similar phonological structure or semantic components in the three faiths. However, they may be understood and/or translated differently as evident in the various translations of the Bi…
A critical discourse analysis of ideological translations of Arabic quotations in English language newspapers
Sociocultural differences influenced translation and prompted researchers of translation to explore different sociocultural perspectives using varied sources of data. I will analyse the translation of Arabic quotations in British and American newspapers using CDA. In order to highlight differences between portrayals of the Middle East there, The Guardian and The New York Times are selected. By comparing and contrasting the cultural values, social…
The semiology of colors in scripture translation: Arabic-English
This paper examines the color symbolic values in two different and unrelated languages, Arabic and English. It analyses the colors mentioned in the Qur'an semiotically and their translation based on Peirce's semiotic model of sign interpretation, while considering the socio-cultural differences that influence the understanding and rendering of color signs, informed by corpus-based analysis. Although the Qur'an contains the most basic colors like …
A critical discourse analysis of ideological translations of Arabic quotations in English language newspapers
Sociocultural differences influenced translation and prompted researchers of translation to explore different sociocultural perspectives using varied sources of data. I will analyse the translation of Arabic quotations in British and American newspapers using CDA. In order to highlight differences between portrayals of the Middle East there, The Guardian and The New York Times are selected. By comparing and contrasting the cultural values, social…
A critical discourse analysis of ideological translations of Arabic quotations in English language newspapers
Sociocultural differences influenced translation and prompted researchers of translation to explore different sociocultural perspectives using varied sources of data. I will analyse the translation of Arabic quotations in British and American newspapers using CDA. In order to highlight differences between portrayals of the Middle East there, The Guardian and The New York Times are selected. By comparing and contrasting the cultural values, social…
Componential analysis of the divine names in scripture translation
The main aim of this paper is use Componential Analysis to identify the basic components of a number of divine names to understand their meanings in the heavenly scriptures to render their meanings accurately. The divine names selected for this study are either of similar phonological structure or semantic components in the three faiths. However, they may be understood and/or translated differently as evident in the various translations of the Bi…
The semiology of colors in scripture translation: Arabic-English
This paper examines the color symbolic values in two different and unrelated languages, Arabic and English. It analyses the colors mentioned in the Qur'an semiotically and their translation based on Peirce's semiotic model of sign interpretation, while considering the socio-cultural differences that influence the understanding and rendering of color signs, informed by corpus-based analysis. Although the Qur'an contains the most basic colors like …
Recodification of Gestures in Early Arabic Spoken Discourse Intralingually and Interlingually
This paper explores the symbolic values of gestures in early Arab discourse. The Prophet’s traditions are selected for analysis because they are the most canonical Islamic texts after the Qur’an. The paper analyzes the implications of the Prophet’s gestures as his traditions were related orally before they were recorded in scrolls later. Therefore, we can examine how these semiotic gestures are interpreted in the Arabic script as situated in the …
Manipulating English news reports translated into Arabic: The influence of patronage and socio-narratives
The influence of patronage and socio-narratives on the process and product of translation is examined, focusing on the implications of these social phenomena on the translation of current affairs in the Arab world. The translation of English news articles in Arabic newspapers is analysed to see whether the linguistic structures and strategies employed by the source and target newspapers in news reporting are doctored for communication flow or rat…
Impact of Genre on Authorship Attribution in Arabic Poetry and Prose
This article examines whether authors change their styles when writing in different genres, like poetry and prose, particularly under the metrical constraints of the former. Using a corpus of works by five modern Egyptian authors, we analyse the effectiveness of N most frequent words and N most frequent morphological segments in distinguishing between poetry and prose written by the same author. Through supervised and unsupervised machine learnin…
Not ready for democracy: A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of the representation of majorities in Arabic media narratives
This paper combines corpus linguistics (CL) techniques and critical discourse analysis (CDA) to explore how the majority of people are represented in media discourse. Some CL techniques and statistical tests are used to identify the linguistic patterns for representing the majority in Arabic discourse quantitatively and qualitatively. Wodak’s discursive strategies and Van Leeuwen’s representation strategies of social actors are used to complement…
Re-Presenting Women in the Qur'an Translated: Sociocultural Re-Contextualization From a Feminist Perspective
This article analyzes the strategies employed by translators to re-present women in the Qur'an, in light of contemporary feminist translation theory. Examining a range of Qur'anic translations, the study investigates how translators utilize feminist strategies to challenge patriarchal interpretations and align the sacred text with contemporary gender-inclusive discourse. The findings reveal that individual translations, even those produced by men…
Westophobia and the clash of civilizations rhetoric: A critical discourse analysis of misrepresented Western quotations in Arabic Islamic scholarship
This paper examines the construction and perpetuation of Westophobia in Arabic Muslim narratives using CDA of the clash of civilization rhetoric. Drawing on van Dijk’s model, the study aims to uncover the Us Vs. Them dimension imbued in these narratives and understand how language shapes the conflict and contributes to the construction of this dichotomy. Drawing on Teun A. van Dijk’s (2000) ‘Ideological Square’ model, the study analyzes how speci…
Arabic (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Translation Studies and Practices (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Critical discourse analysis (3 works) · History (3 works)