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About Research Scholarship of Arabic Poetry

Caring for Arabic poetry, researching its fields, poetics, stylistic and content characteristics, and exploring the depths of its various texts, is an interest in a major component of our Saudi and Arab identity, as poetry is a translation of the condition of the Arab person over time, and it is the oldest art that drew our culture and distinguished it among nations.

From our land, the movement of Arabic poetry was launched to the world, and in it the most precious poems and pearls of poetry were recited, and from it the stirrups traveled with it, and it spread in the east and west of the land, carrying the spirit of Arabism, its values, and its eternal glories.

Many arts have been attached to poetry, and many studies have emerged from it that interrogate its meanings, clarify its characteristics, and extrapolate its connotations.

The interest in Arabic poetry falls within the interests of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s vision of culture and the arts, which aspires to consolidate authentic values, connect the Saudi man to his roots, elevate local arts to the international one, and define our ancient cultural repertoire, which in turn engages in promoting pride in cultural affiliation to the Kingdom from On the one hand, and in supporting cultural tourism by encouraging the discovery of the areas where poets lived on the other hand, which were the scene of the many stories and epics written down by Arab poetry. This grant seeks to support and devote all of this through the field of systematic scientific research, and to address developments and issues related to Arabic poetry and its function in formulating the concept of man and his relationship to place and existence around him.

Objectives

Highlighting the poetic cultural component and its roots in the history of the Arabian Peninsula

Enriching the developed and sustainable poetic creativity

Enhancing the status of Arabic poetry in the culture of the individual

Research Scholarship Areas

Poetry between eloquent and colloquial dialects

The dialects and languages of the Arabs were one of the windows of Arabic poetry, which provides a view of the diversity of Arab society geographically and culturally throughout history. . Vernacular poetry today represents a source of cultural heritage in its different dialects.. Studying it scientifically would reveal important literary aspects related to the arts of eloquent Arabic poetry, in the environment of the Arabian Peninsula.

Poetry and digitization

Technology has become a present element in human life in all its aspects, and this applies to poetry, which is an important human product that interacts with all the phenomena and developments that a person faces. Thus, various poetic colors and arts appeared mixed with the world of technology, and issues emerged about this convergence between the two worlds, and the debate continues with the emergence of new creative poetic ideas, motivated by the incursion into interaction with what is permitted by the rapid development in the digital world.

Arabic poetry in the presence of the world

In one of its important functions, Arabic poetry works to paint a picture of the Arab person in front of the world. Arabic poetry is present today as a valuable and creative achievement in all parts of the globe, and translation represents one of the most important bridges that contribute to the formation of this presence. The world becomes acquainted with Arabic poetry through translation, and this is what keeps talking about the importance of developing the translation process and supporting its projects to spread Arabic poetry.

Poetry and place

Place has always been one of the most important elements present in Arabic poetry. Not only as a subject, but as an inspiration for the poems, and an influential element in the structure of the poetic text, so the poems were crowded with places and their various features (such as Uyun al-Jiwa, al-Hijun, Fallen Liwa). Hence the importance of studying this axis.

Poetry in the Arabian Peninsula

Highlighting the historical roots of Arabic poetry in the Arabian Peninsula is very important, and this is what calls for trying to re-read it in the light of modern approaches, searching for points of distinction in it, trying to access ancient texts from new approaches, and enriching the Arab library with modern studies that add to existing studies.

Arabic poetry between freedom of creativity and the restrictions of belonging

While poetry, as a creative act, requires that the creator be free, the poet throughout the ages often found himself subject to the authority of belonging, and here we mean belonging to the poetry itself, as it imposes formal restrictions that the poet disciplines in order to establish his text, just as affiliation is also with customs, religion, or all Forms of Sunnah, and all of these are factors that put the poet in the embarrassment of reconciling the controversy of freedom and restrictions. This axis focuses on the distance between the freedom of art and the limits available to the artist.

Application Date

The application period is from May 1-31

Support & Follow-up

In addition to the grant, the Ministry of Culture - in cooperation with the relevant authorities - will supervise, follow-up and research support for the accepted researchers, whether by providing guidance or helping to obtain the necessary resources.

Target Audience

This program targets researchers and specialists interested in researching the various fields of Arabic poetry from inside and outside the Kingdom.

Relevant authorities

Terms and criteria for submission

Apply for the scholarship on time, fulfill all conditions and upload the required documents.
After obtaining the grant, the researcher/research team must submit the research published in one of the recommended research vessels.
Individuals and research groups are entitled to apply for the grant, provided that the number of researchers in one team does not exceed five researchers. Including the principal investigator who is in charge of submitting the application, provided that the other application conditions apply to him.
The applicant is entitled to benefit from the grant only once.
The research proposal addresses a research area that falls within the scope of the program's research priorities and achieves its objectives.
The language of the research proposal should be Arabic, English or French.
Application is open to researchers and practitioners of all nationalities.
The researcher's acknowledgment that the research has not been previously published, and is not under publication by another party before obtaining the grant.
The researcher's acknowledgment that the research is not derived from another work, whether it is a scientific thesis (Master's or Ph.D.) or others, and it was not supported by any other research grant
Each researcher and participating research team retains intellectual property rights, and when publishing the research, it is enough to write that the research is supported by the Ministry of Culture.
The Ministry has the right to withhold the grant if any violation of the ethics of scientific research or any of the other conditions is proven, and those from whom the grant was withheld are not entitled to apply again during this session.
In case of inquiries, please contact grants@moc.gov.s