The conclusion of the visit of the Moroccan critic Prof. Muhammed Meshbal, King Saadi University at the Faculty of Arts

At the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, the visit of the Moroccan writer and critic, Prof. Muhammed Meshbal, which lasted 3 days as part of the "Visiting Professor" program concluded. It aims to strengthen the cultural and scientific cooperation between Ain Shams University and the universities of the Arab world.

The visit was sponsored by Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini, President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Mohamed Ayman Saleh, Vice President for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Prof. Hanan Kamel, Acting Dean of the Faculty, and the supervision of Prof. Sheren Mazloum, Vice Dean for Postgraduate Studies and Research, and coordinating Prof. Manal Muharram, Head of the Arabic Language Department, and prepared by Dr. Hoda Attia, a lecturer in the department.

The visit program varied between scientific lectures, discussions, and student paragraphs, which included recitation of the Holy Qur’an, religious chanting, praise, and recitation of poetry and prose poems.

Prof. Hanan Kamel presented the certificates of appreciation for members of the Organizing Committee, headed by Prof. Manal Muharram, Head of the Arabic Language Department, Dr. Huda Attia, the teacher in the department and the students.

The guest praised the good reception and hospitality on the part of the university and the faculty administration represented by the Department of Arabic Language, and also praised the distinguished cultural and academic level of all the department’s members of the faculty, the supporting staff and postgraduate students, which was evident through the program and paragraphs of the visit, calling for a parallel visit to the Faculty of Arts King Saadi University in Tetouan.

Prof. Hanan Kamel honored the guest on the first day of the visit and handed him the memorial shield of the Faculty of Arts; Welcoming him and appreciating his useful scientific visit.

It is worth noting that Prof. "Mishbal" heads the Rhetoric and Discourse Analysis Team at the Faculty of Arts at King Saadi University in Tetouan, Morocco. He recently won the King Faisal International Prize in Arabic Language and Literature at its forty-third session in 2021, and he had previously won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the Arts and Critical Studies branch. In 2018 for his book (On the Rhetoric of the Pilgrims: Towards a Rhetorical Argumentative Approach to Analyzing Discourse), and he also won the “Katara” Prize for the Arabic Novel in the Critical Studies category in 2018 for his study (The Novel and Rhetoric towards an Expanded Rhetorical Approach to the Arabic Novel).