Day: April 6, 2024

Jerusalem – Together – For the second day in a row, the occupation forces threw gas bombs at worshipers in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Immediately after the end of the dawn prayer and the launch of a demonstration in Al-Aqsa in support of the Gaza Strip, the occupation authorities, via a ‘drone’, dropped heavy gas bombs towards the worshipers, and dozens of cases of suffocation were recorded.

The occupation authorities also carried out arrests of boys and young men at the gates of Al-Aqsa.

Source: Maan News Agency

Ramallah – Ma’an – A young Palestinian man was injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets during confrontations that broke out following the storming of the village of Kafr Ain, northwest of Ramallah in the West Bank.

Local sources reported that the young man was shot in the foot with live bullets, and was subsequently transferred to the hospital.

Source: Maan News Agency

Nablus – Together – The researcher, Professor Maryam Al-Masry, confirms in the aim of her book that: the art of caricature and media agree in performing their missions in educating society about the various problems it is experiencing and the crises, whether political, religious, economic…etc. The goal of the media is intertwined with the goal of the art of caricature in that the media works to introduce the issues and problems of the era, and how to address and deal with these issues, for the purpose of enlightenment, education, and dissemination of news and information that suit people’s minds, thus raising their level, and spreading their cooperation with a particular regime in order to interest of that system.

The Egyptian researcher adds that the media caricature depends on the rhetorical image as expressive shifts that affect the recipient. Because it carries suggestive charges with its phrases, colors, lines, and shapes. As the image forms a space open to all interpretations, it is based on temptati
on and seduction, which is done by generating connotations. It makes the recipient decode it by placing it in a systematic, cognitive, cultural network, relying on his interpretive competence and ability.

The researcher divided the book’s semiotic stations into three chapters, in addition to an introduction to the topic. In the introduction, she presented the emergence of the art of caricature and its development, which included talking about the rooting of art in historical identity, the concept of caricature art, the emergence of caricature art, the relationship of caricature to digital media, and the recipient’s interaction with the semantic genes of caricature art. .

In the first chapter, Al-Masry monitored the cultural references in the image of the caricature, especially the references: religious, literary, popular (heritage), historical, and technical. These references constitute linguistic genes that contribute to monitoring the semantic foci and demonstrating the beauty of stylistic intertextuality
between a present text and an absent (implicit) text of the image. ; The relationship between verbal and linguistic texts contributes to creating semantic genes that blend with the visual space of the caricature. Because the relationship between texts is based on absorption and modification to serve the idea of ??their creator, and the study reveals the symbolic genes that are created in the space of caricature images embodied by a dissolved (absent) text indicated by the clusters of the symbolic image and linking that to the context of the present reality with a past reality seen by the recipient of the image.

The Egyptian researcher devoted the second chapter to the manifestations of women’s presence in digital caricature images as a symbol that expresses resistance, steadfastness, and steadfastness. To reveal the six fields that were distributed among the study’s sections. The first section monitors the social field, the second section: the political (national) field, the third section: the religious fiel
d, the fourth section: the historical field, the fifth section: the educational field, and the sixth section: the humorous field. Because women’s issues have become an important motivation and spark.

To defend her based on the inferiority and negative view directed at her in our Arab societies, and the discrimination of men in these societies from women in many different aspects of life, educational, religious, social, and others; Women are exposed to several problems that they may face in their society, such as bullying, harassment, violence, and the marriage of underage girls.

In the third chapter, I examined a group of symbols used in caricature images. It shows a number of symbolic icons common to the space of images contained in his ten topics, which are: the snake, the milk bottle, the sea, the pen, flowers and roses, toys, the Ramadan crescent, the map of Palestine, the key, and the clock as symbols built on aesthetic, artistic, and intellectual foundations that indicate… To a specific content, and
its special impact on the way meaning is produced within different caricatures, the symbol is one of the important pillars on which the caricature is built, and its ability to influence its recipient. To understand its visual and linguistic signs; To catch its semantic clusters.

Source: Maan News Agency

Ramallah – Together – The Arab American University and Hclinic Specialized Hospital signed a joint cooperation agreement to train students of the Faculty of Human Medicine enrolled at the university on its Ramallah and Jenin campuses. The university was represented by the Vice President of the Ramallah Campus, Professor Muhammad Asia, and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Malik Zabin, while the hospital was represented by its Medical Director, Dr. Jihad Mishal, and the Director of Personnel Affairs, Hadeel Sawafta.

The terms of the agreement revolve around providing a high level of training to human medicine students in the clinical stage and before, at the hands of the most skilled specialist doctors at Hclinic Hospital in the departments of internal medicine, general surgery, children, women, obstetrics, and specialized departments of orthopedics, neurology, cardiology, emergency, anesthesia, and diagnostic radiology.

Prof. Dr. confirmed Muhammad Asiya said that the agreement is considered an impor
tant step towards achieving a strategic partnership with Hclinic Hospital. He said: ‘The signing of the agreement comes in the context of the university’s approach to developing medical education according to high levels of quality, and we seek to adopt the best modern educational means and methods in the specialty of human medicine.’

For his part, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Arab American University, Dr. Malek Zabin stressed the importance of providing medical students with high-quality practical skills and said: ‘We seek to develop the College of Medicine and support its students and staff. The quality of training will contribute in the future to improving the reality of services and health care provided to citizens in Palestine.’

In turn, Dr. said: Jihad Mishal: ‘The management and doctors of the Hclinic Hospital believe in the importance of giving the best training opportunities and special attention to future doctors. Improving the capabilities and knowledge of medical students is the tr
ue indicator of the advancement of the health sector and the quality of services.’

It is noteworthy that the Arab American University provides a specialization in human medicine to its students on its campuses in Ramallah and Jenin, and seeks through these agreements to strengthen its position as a leading educational institution in the field of medicine in the region.

Source: Maan News Agency

Rabat – His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, may God assist Him, will chair a religious vigil on Saturday evening at the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, commemorating the blessed Laylat al-Qadr, announces the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol, and Chancellery in a statement.

“The Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol, and Chancellery announces that His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, may God assist Him, will chair a religious vigil this Saturday evening, Ramadan 26, 1445 of the Hijri calendar, corresponding to April 6, 2024, in commemoration of the blessed Laylat al-Qadr, at the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca.

The religious vigil will be broadcast live on radio and television at the time of the Al-Isha prayer.”

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse

Casablanca – His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, may God assist Him, accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, HRH Prince Moulay Rachid, and HH Prince Moulay Ismail, chaired, on Saturday at the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, a religious vigil commemorating the blessed Laylat al-Qadr.

After the Isha and Taraweeh prayers, verses from the Holy Quran were recited by the child Othmane Mchachti (11 years old, from the city of Fez), winner of the Mohammed VI National Prize for memorization, recitation, and chanting of the Holy Quran. His Majesty the King was then greeted by the young reciter, to whom the Sovereign presented the Prize.

This distinction reflects the great care with which His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, has constantly surrounded the reciters of the Holy Quran and the Sovereign’s constant desire to promote the memorization and learning of the Holy Book among young generations.

Subsequently, Mohamed Bashar Arafat, Imam, lecturer, and president of
the Civilizations Exchange and Cooperation Foundation (United States of America), delivered a speech before the Sovereign on behalf of the scholars who participated in the Religious Dialogues of the sacred month of Ramadan 1445 AH, expressing his sincere thanks and deep gratitude to His Majesty the King, Commander of the Faithful, for the reception and hospitality they received throughout their stay in the Kingdom.

Bashar Arafat emphasized that these Religious lectures are an ideal opportunity for the community of scholars from around the world to discuss various scientific and jurisprudential issues, adding that it is also an opportunity for the present scholars to consult on responses to the new challenges facing societies in a context marked by accelerated changes on local and international levels.

This religious vigil was marked by the conclusion of Sahih al-Bukhari, done by Hassan Farid, member of the local Council of Ulema of Berrechid, after the reading of Hadith Al Khatm, by Abdelhafid Talbi, member
of the local Council of Ulema of Ain Chock.

The Sovereign then presented the Mohammed VI Ahl al-Qur’an and Ahl al-Hadith Prizes respectively to Omar Mohcine, from the city of Casablanca, and Zineb Abou Ali, from the city of Rabat.

His Majesty the King, Commander of the Faithful, also awarded the Mohammed VI Prize for Adhan and Tahlil, in its two categories, to Said Abou Alaich from the city of Guercif (Excellence Prize) and El Hassan Akhiar from the city of Tetouan (Honorary Prize).

The Sovereign then awarded the Mohammed VI Prize for Quranic schools in its three categories to Abdellah El Hayane from Casablanca (Methodology of Learning Prize), Abdelkader Hammouch from Sidi Bennour (Performance Prize), and Nasser Ait Bouncer from Taroudante (Management Prize).

On this occasion, the attendees offered prayers imploring the Almighty to preserve His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, to crown His initiatives with success, to guide His steps, to fulfill the aspirations that the Sovereign harbo
rs for the progress of His faithful people, and to bless Him, HRH Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, HRH Prince Moulay Rachid, and all members of the illustrious Royal Family.

The faithful also offered prayers for the souls of the Father of the Nation, the late HM King Mohammed V, and the late HM King Hassan II, may God have them in His mercy.

This vigil took place in the presence of the Head of Government, the Presidents of the two Houses of Parliament, His Majesty the King’s Advisors, members of the government, representatives of the diplomatic corps of Islamic countries accredited to Morocco, senior officers of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, scholars who participated in the Religious Dialogues of the sacred month of Ramadan, presidents of local Councils of Scholars, elected officials, as well as other civilian and military personalities.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse