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Reading the linguistic landscape: Women, literacy and citizenship in one South African township
(2011)
The purpose of this study was two-fold: firstly, to do a multimodal analysis of the
multilingual signage, advertisements and graffiti present on different surfaces in the
main business hub of a multicultural community ...
Bibliography Islam & biological evolution exploring classical Sunni sources and methodologies
(2010)
This research investigates, within the framework of classical Sunni Islamic scholarship,what we might expect an Islamic opinion about evolution to be,bringing together an accurate and detailed understanding of evolutionary ...
Challenges and opportunities/possibilities of implementing the Western Cape language policy
(UWC, 2014)
The principle aim of this thesis is to investigate all the challenges and opportunities/possibilities involved in realising the implementation of the
official Western Cape Language Policy (finalised in 2002). These ...
The conceptualization and application of Qabīlah (Clan) in the Somali context: A linguistic, social and political analysis of Somali media and online resources
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This thesis examines the concept of qab?lah (tribe/clan) and its social and political influence on
Somali society. It firstly looks at the general meaning of qabīlah in Arab culture and its more
specific meaning in Somali ...
Using the first language to improve Arabic-speaking students' speaking skills in English as a second language
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
For several decades since the advent of Communicative Language Teaching and the Direct
Method, using the first language (L1) in second-language (L2) teaching has been out of
favour. However, arguments for using the L1as ...
The concept of the Sufi Saintly Miracle: A literary approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This study analyses the concept of al-Karāmah al-Sūfīyah (the Sufi Saintly Miracle) in both its religious and literary dimensions. The researcher will shed more light on this genre of narrative literary phenomena by ...
The female protagonist’s intersection with the African world of actuality in Beyala’s novel Tu T’appelleras Tanga
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
In order to overcome the silence that had been instilled by colonialism, several postcolonial
female writers employ fiction to restore their local culture and reflect on their representation
in historical writings. For ...
The female protagonist’s intersection with the African world of actuality in Beyala’s novel Tu t’appelleras Tanga
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
In order to overcome the silence that had been instilled by colonialism, several postcolonial
female writers employ fiction to restore their local culture and reflect on their representation
in historical writings. For ...
Women & Leadership in Islam
(2013)
The present research examines the post-formative Islamic legal literature surrounding the question of women’s leadership to gauge whether and to what extent the development of Islamic legislation pertaining to women was ...
The Qur’ānic Sufi Hermeneutics of Shaykh Muṣṭafā’ al-‘Alāwī: A critical study of his Lubāb al- ‘Ilm Fī Sūrah al-Najm
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The main focus of this dissertation is a critical study of the Arabic text, titled:
Lubāb al ‘Ilm Fī Sūrah al-Najm (The Kernel of Knowledge in the Chapter of
the Star) by Shaykh Ahmad bin Muṣṭafā’ al-‘Alāwī.
Due to the ...