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Vol.1 Issue 26, December 2020 ELITE

translated by : Rana yasser

Dāl د Letter
*By: Prof. Nevine Mossaad, FEPS Political Science Professor

Our friend wrote the letter " د" on a white paper in front of her in the number of doctors and a decrease in the level of doctoral
and she was looking at it. She had never noticed this great
theses. Moreover, some of those who were swept away by the
fluidity that distinguished it, nor this slight twist in its angle that
cycle of life made them forget the importance of this letter
separated it from being a disciplined geometric shape. She did while being young, or they began to think of their request
not notice that before, but now she is noticing it. It is not a letter
recently, tempted by the increasing importance of the precious
dotted from the top or from the bottom, such as the letter " ق" or
letter to add it to their names, so one of them introduces himself
"ج", for example, if you miss its punctuation, it changes the
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to the community as Dr. X or he may add an " أ" before the د"
pronunciation and sometimes the meaning, so the " د" is the " د". to become Professor X, and by repeating the correlation
Nor is it restricted to the Arabic language, such as the letter
between the name and the surname, people become accustomed
"ض", for example, but it is a trans-lingual letter that has been a
to calling him as he loves, and whoever knows the origin of the
link between cultures, and it is an easy letter pronounced by the
story finds great embarrassment in dropping this plagiarized
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child when he first learns to speak. Our friend smiled by herself title, and perhaps no one will believe or obey him if he does.
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and asked.. What is all that flirtation in the letter" د"? She The fact is that some of those who impersonate a sign that does
responded to the question with a question: Is this really a not belong to them have an intellectual value that greatly
flirtation in the letter " د", or is it a wonder of it and the state of
exceeds the letter " د", and part of the knowledge they produced
those who claim it? may have contributed to the formation of the perception of
The letter د" has the right to be proud when it compares itself
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thousands of those who obtained a doctorate, yet they like that
to other Arabic letters, not for reasons related to its clarity or
their connection with the letter is direct and not through
ease, but for a completely different reason. The addition of the intermediaries. So they trust in God and add the " د".
letter " د" before the person ’s name carries a tangible qualitative
leap in his academic position, so he transforms from being an
But what was mentioned before does not explain the whole
ordinary member whose name is written in pencil - that is,
ambiguous relationship with the letter " د", so the matter still
subject to dismissal at any moment - to a faculty member who has other dimensions. Sometimes society volunteers itself and
cannot be fired except by complicated procedures and for a great gives the educated person the title of Doctor, in this case the
reason. Outside the university, the letter " د" gives its owner a
title turns into an adjective stemming from the society ’s view
high social status, so to be Mr. Ahmed other than to be Doctor
of the person based on the fact that every educated person is
Ahmed. Although the letter " م", when it precedes a person ’s necessarily a doctor and vice versa. As for university professors
name, means that its owner has graduated from the College of
who are doctors, their story with the title is a totally different
Engineering - which is a prestigious college - but the luster that
story. They consider that, by virtue of their studies of medicine,
accompanies the letter " د" remains immeasurably stronger.
they are doctors by nature. If they complete their higher
Moreover, this letter is a precious gift given to those with white studies, they must have an additional title that distinguishes
hands and the high prestige, whose names already precede a
them from the masses of graduates from medical faculties.
bundle of grandiose titles of the kind of excellency and others,
The letter د" was still written in pencil on the white paper in
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so that the letter " د"comes to shine between them and gathers
front of our friend when all these thoughts attacked her. Our
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glory from all sides. friend picked up her pen again and wrote next to the letter ","
has become a store of value. Young people seek " د" The letter
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ي"" and أ", and she said the word together, and it was: Dunya
their affection and accept to register for higher studies in order
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to obtain it. They consider the minimum for writing their letters
as the maximum for their achievement. We consider an increase
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