Guide for Authors

1- Preparing and coordinating the research:
The research sent to the Journal of Arabic Language and Literature must be written in fluent Arabic, according to spelling rules and precise terminology. The research must be printed using Simplified Arabic font and using Microsoft Word in one column, leaving a distance of 2.50 centimeters from the bottom and the top, 1.5 centimeters from the left side, and 1.5 centimeters from the right side. The research must be sent once to obtain the research number, and Submitting the research more than once may reduce the chances of being considered for submitting the research to arbitration.

2- Submit new research:
New research will be sent to the Journal of Arabic Language and Literature via the Internet, and researchers will be guided step by step regarding the research files and how to upload them to the site. Researchers can send the research as a single file to be used in the evaluation process. This document must be of Word format (*.docx). All figures and tables must be included in the main search file in the results section and are prohibited from being appended as a separate file or at the end of the search. Separating these elements at the end of the research will increase the chance of the evaluation being rejected.

3- Sources:
The list of references must be prepared according to the format approved by the Journal of Arabic Language and Literature. When working, it must be coordinated as follows:

The method of documenting sources and references is according to the APA system (American Psychological Association:

Documentation of the book shall be as follows: author’s last name, first name (year of publication). Book title in italics. Edition (if available, provided that the first edition is not mentioned). Publisher. If the book has more than one author, the authors are separated by a comma (,).

Abdul Latif, Imad (2020). Analysis of political discourse: rhetoric, power, and resistance. I\2. Darknoses of knowledge.

Documentation of a research or article published in a journal should be in the following format: author’s last name, first name (year of publication). Title of the article or research. Magazine name. Volume number (in italics) (issue number), beginning page number - end page number.

Khalaf, Ali Kate (2011). Husseini rituals between religion and theatrical art, Journal of the Kufa Studies Center, 1 (21), 35-52.

Documentation of master’s theses and doctoral dissertations in the following manner: author’s last name, first author’s name (year). Title of the thesis or dissertation (in italics): [Unpublished Master’s/PhD thesis]. Name of the university.

Al-Khafaji, Ahmed Kazem (2013), the phonetic values of the Qur’anic vocabulary in the Meccan surahs [unpublished thesis]. University of Kufa.

Please note that you should not use source listing software such as Mendeley, EndNote, or any other source citation software; The use of manual typing using Microsoft Word is the only method accepted by the Journal of Arabic Language and Literature. On the contrary, this situation increases the possibility of the manuscript being rejected. In addition, the digital document identifier (DOI) must be added at the end of the source; If this identifier is not available, the URL can be used; Failure to implement the minimum requirements for formatting and style of sources approved by the journal will increase the chance of rejection of the manuscript.

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4- Research after completing the research evaluators’ corrections:
Regardless of the format of the original submission file, after completing the research reviewers’ corrections, the research authors are asked to send the same revised version for follow-up corrections according to the formats of the Journal of Arabic Language and Literature in a .docx file only. Make text formatting as simple as possible. To avoid unnecessary errors, the authors strongly advise that you check the spelling and grammar of the submitted research. At this stage, the name of the author(s) of the research, affiliation, email, and ORCID number must be included in the main research file.

5- The structure of the research organization:
The research must be organized according to the following paragraphs: - The title is in Arabic; Abstract in Arabic; Keywords (functions) in Arabic; As well as the introduction, preface, body, conclusion, thanks and appreciation, and a list of sources, references, and matters that the research highlighted, all of them in a limited-sized file, and the title is also written in English. The summary is in English: Keywords (functions) in the English language.

6- Research title:
It is preferable that the title be free of linguistic abbreviations and avoid complex and ambiguous phrases.

7- Conclusion:
The abstract should be written in 150 to 250 words explaining the purpose of the research, the basic procedures, and the main results. It should not contain parts of the discussion or any abbreviations or inclusion of sources. The abstract ends with a brief conclusion of the results of the study.

8- Keywords (function):
The researcher provides keywords of approximately 3 to 5 keywords to be used for indexing purposes. Keywords, search title words, or any abbreviations must not be repeated, and must be written in alphabetical order, separated by a comma.

9- Matters that the research highlighted:
You write 3 to 5 points for the Journal of Arabic Language and Literature about the most important matters that the research highlighted. It is a short summary statement that gives the results the basis for the research.

- the introduction :
Briefly describes the background of the research using information and explains the purpose of the study.

- Conclusion :
This section should highlight the main discoveries of the research and state the main added value to the field, without listing any sources.

- Thanks and appreciation:
Acknowledgments of persons, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in this section and before the list of sources. The names of the funding organizations should be written in full, and financial support for the research, if any, should be stated in this section and the grant number should be included.

- Conflict of interest:
A statement of conflicts of interest in the research should be made if none exists as follows: “The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest with respect to the publication and/or funding of this study.”

- Sources :
Please note that the sources are not printed