22 – 23 April 2008  
   Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies holds the 10th Fayoum University Scientific Conference under the patronage of Gen. Eng. Mohamed Magdy Kubesy, Fayoum Governor, Prof. Dr. Galal M. Said, president of Fayoum University, Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim Sakr, conference chief and dean of Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies, and Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abu al-Magd Ali, vice-dean for postgraduate studies and research. 

Conference Pivots: 
General pivots: 
*Systematic thinking and systematicity of thinking
*Systematic thinking between originality and interaction
*The philosophical fundamentals of the systematic thinking
*Approaches of scientific research (Theory and application)
*Resources of systematic thinking and its contemporary horizons
*Modern trends in studying the Arabic and Islamic sciences
*Arabic and Islamic sciences between development and stagnation

Language & Grammar 
language and modernity (towards a modern language theory)
*Grammar and language heritage (new reading in the light of the modern theories and the coming curricula)
*Horizons of creativity in language and grammar in the light of the new theories
*The controversial issues and their role in enriching the language and grammar thought

Literature & Rhetoric & Criticism: 
*Literary and critical creativity between freedom and commitment
*Systematic thinking and literary text reading
*Literary criticism from standardization to textual approaches
*Opinions of Islamic thought in the Arabic literature
*Contextualization and its systematicity in the Arabic poetry
*Logic of narration in the old Arabic narration
*The image of the thinker and the philosopher in the Arabic novel

Islamic Sciences:
*The systematic thinking of Islam scholars and its impact on the western civilization
*Orientalism and its impact in renewing the systematic thinking
*Mind and its status in the Holy Koran
*The status of the mind in the Islamic thought
*The rational evidence given by jurists and theologists
*The experimental scientific approach in the Islamic civilization and history
*Approach of historical research for the Muslim scholars and its effect on the oriental thought

Terms of Participation:
*Researches and worksheets should be related to the conference title and pivots
*Abstracts of researches should be typed in Arabic
*The research should be 30 sheets at most; it should be submitted on a CD and typed in font (Traditional Arabic) size (14)
*Scientific approach and its rules should be considered while writing the papers and the abstracts
*The deadline of submitting the abstracts is by the end of February 2008; the final date for submitting the full text papers and researches along with their abstracts is before the end of March 2008
*Forward all research papers and abstracts to the following address: Arabic Republic of Egypt – Fayoum Governorate – Fayoum University – Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies – Office of Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abu al-Magd Ali, vice-dean for postgraduate studies and research

Tel: 084 6330771
Fax: 084 6333901
E-mail: ariss@fayoum.edu.eg

Subscription fees:
*$ 300 for the non-Egyptian with full board and publishing of the research in the conference book
*$ 150 for the non-Egyptian who participates in the conference activities with full board
*L.E. 400 for the Egyptian with full board and publishing of the research in the conference book
*L.E. 150 for the Egyptian with full board