{"id":132025,"date":"2026-11-07T11:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T07:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/?p=132025"},"modified":"2026-11-07T11:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T07:56:47","slug":"saeed-benkrad-explores-arab-contributions-to-modern-literary-criticism-at-sharjah-book-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/saeed-benkrad-explores-arab-contributions-to-modern-literary-criticism-at-sharjah-book-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Saeed Benkrad Explores Arab Contributions to Modern Literary Criticism at Sharjah Book Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Sultan bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation organised a lecture titled \u201cArab Contributions to Modern Literary Criticism\u201d by Professor Saeed Benkrad, a prominent Moroccan academic and thinker, on Friday evening, November 6, on the sidelines of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF 2026).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The lecture was attended by Dr Fatima Al Sayegh and Nasser Al Dhaheri, members of the Foundation\u2019s Board of Trustees, along with a distinguished gathering of writers, literary critics, researchers and visitors to the fair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Widely recognised as a pioneer in semiotics and narrative analysis in the Arab world, Benkrad said the Arabic literary tradition had not developed an independent theory of literary criticism but nevertheless contained numerous ideas that some scholars have identified as corresponding to concepts found in modern semiotics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He explained that these ideas were found in specialised dictionaries and works on grammar, rhetoric, philology and semantics. He noted that scholars working in these fields regarded the origins and nature of language, and its relationship with the external world, as the key to understanding and classifying meanings, often in accordance with specific intended purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/binkrad\/8520-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-132014\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-132014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8520.webp\" alt=\"\u0633\u0639\u064a\u062f \u0628\u0646\u0643\u0631\u0627\u062f \u062e\u0644\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0627\u0636\u0631\u0629\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8520.webp 1600w, https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8520-300x212.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8520-1024x724.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8520-768x543.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8520-1536x1087.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; color: #ee0000; font-size: 14pt;\">Saeed Benkrad during the lecture<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Benkrad said the question of the origins of language had formed the basis of various theological interpretations, drawing on the story of Adam and how he was taught the names of objects and living beings. These interpretations extended to beliefs about the language people would speak in the afterlife, including the notion that Arabic alone would be the language of all inhabitants of Paradise, regardless of their ethnic backgrounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe beginnings of our creation coincided with the beginnings of our language. The world came into being through the language that named it. Through language, humanity came to understand the concept of pairing, and through it, too, the distinction between what is permissible and what is forbidden on Earth emerged,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Benkrad also explored the idea of inheriting language, saying that people inherit language just as they inherit land, family ties, and society\u2019s preconceptions and judgements, citing Umberto Eco, who said: \u201cThere is no humanity without society,\u201d nor is there \u201ca being without a language to shelter it.\u201d He noted that Adam and his wife existed within a framework of language that established commands and prohibitions, laying the foundations for the conditions of communal life. He stressed that, for ancient thinkers, language was not merely a means of communication but also a system for organising life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/binkrad\/2324234324-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-132012\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-132012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2324234324-copy.webp\" alt=\"  \u062c\u0627\u0646\u0628 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0636\u0648\u0631\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2324234324-copy.webp 1600w, https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2324234324-copy-300x232.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2324234324-copy-1024x792.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2324234324-copy-768x594.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2324234324-copy-1536x1188.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A section of the audience attending the lecture<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Concluding his lecture, Benkrad underscored that ancient literary thought, guided by these fundamental principles, had developed a series of concepts relating to texts, interpretation and the understanding and definition of literary phenomena. This, he said, made the Arab literary tradition an integral contributor to modern critical discourse rather than merely a recipient of its ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Abadi, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The lecture concluded with an interactive discussion, during which attendees raised questions about the relationship between classical Arabic rhetoric and semiotics, the role of interpretation in contemporary literary criticism, and the extent to which modern concepts can be applied to the study of Arab literary heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sultan bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation organised a lecture titled \u201cArab Contributions to Modern Literary Criticism\u201d by Professor Saeed Benkrad, a prominent Moroccan academic and thinker, 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