Electronic Journal of University of Aden for Humanity and Social Sciences

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Abdulrahman Ahmed Mohren — 2025-12-31

THE WEAPONIZATION OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO PERSECUTE, OPPRESS, AND EXTERMINATE NATIONS UNDER OCCUPATION: REFLECTION ON GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION - 2025

Khawla Al-Muhannadi — 2025-12-31

The study examined the weaponization of humanitarian aid against defenseless communities under siege, to persecute, oppress, and exterminate them according to their occupier’s agenda, using the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as a model. It highlighted the foundation's humanitarian aid distribution protocols and activities, which illustrated violation of the principles of humanitarian work and international law, and involved inhumane conducts, attacks, and heinous crimes. This paper emphasized the significance of humanitarian aid in international humanitarian law amid times of disasters and examined its essence, function, and goals in practice. It studied its weaponization against a starved sieged nation on the verge of collapse, and the manipulation of humanitarian aid as a cover to support and propagate the occupation agenda and narrative. The research illustrated that the distribution centers were weaponized for humiliation, heinous violence and crimes, inhumane conducts, killing and abducting traps, and war crimes against starved and fatigue children, women, and men on the verge of collapse from displacement and deprivation of life essentials. This applies on the routes that relief convoys take, which are all operated and controlled in collaboration with or on behalf by the Zionist occupation. Halting the work of the suspicious institution (GHF) and holding it accountable for all its shameful and criminal practices is the first recommendation of the study and focusing on ending the genocide in Gaza, which is the demanded by UN, most states, and NGOs all over the world. The study recommended strongly setting strict conditions and mandatory protocols for accreditation and work of any relief institution in crisis regions and distressed communities. United Nations and Human Rights higher entities should then take full responsibility in overseeing the execution and monitoring the progress and should not be manipulated by any party, especially the occupying forces and its allies.

THE IMPACT OF COMPARATIVE JURISPRUDENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF JURISPRUDENTIAL RULES

Abdullah Obaid Saeed Momen — 2025-12-31

This study aims to examine the impact of comparative jurisprudence on the development of jurisprudential principles. Comparative jurisprudence serves as a vital tool for comparing the opinions of different jurisprudential schools and deriving rulings suitable for contemporary issues. The significance of this research lies in promoting intellectual flexibility and reducing jurisprudential rigidity, thereby enabling the discipline of jurisprudential principles to keep pace with social, economic, and technological changes. A descriptive-analytical approach was employed to study the relationship between comparative jurisprudence and jurisprudential principles, with a focus on how the latter benefits from the diversity of opinions among jurisprudential schools. The findings reveal that comparative jurisprudence contributes to broadening the scope of jurisprudential principles, refining their application, and highlighting their exceptions, thus enhancing their adaptability to emerging issues and novel cases. The study also examines practical examples of the influence of comparative jurisprudence, such as the principle "Necessity is treated as a degree of dire need " and the principle "Necessities permit the prohibited," illustrating how these principles have been applied to contemporary issues like gender reassignment surgery and dealings involving digital currencies. The study concludes that comparative jurisprudence fosters intellectual unity among jurisprudential schools and enhances the methodology of (independent legal reasoning) while preserving jurisprudential authenticity. It recommends promoting comparative studies in educational institutions, encouraging collective, and establishing specialized research platforms to address contemporary challenges.

DOMESTICATION AND FOREIGNIZATION: AN ANALYSIS OF CULTURE-SPECIFIC ITEMS IN TWO ARABIC TRANSLATIONS OF ‘THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA’

Abdulhalim Abdulhafedh Abdulqawi Alsalahi — 2025-12-31

This study investigates how culture-specific items (CSIs) in Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea are translated into Arabic. It conducts a comparative analysis of two widely circulated Arabic translations produced by Samir Ezzat Nassar (2002) and Munir Baalbaki (2012). Drawing on Newmark’s (1988) categorization of CSIs, Vinay and Darbelnet’s (1995) translation procedures, and Venuti’s (1995) domestication and foreignization strategies, the study identifies 105 CSIs in the source text and examines how each translator renders them into Arabic. The quantitative analysis demonstrates that the majority of CSIs belong to the categories of ecology, material culture, and social culture. Both translators predominantly employ equivalence and literal translation, though Baalbaki relies on a wider range of procedures. The two translations show a clear preference for domestication, with Nassar domesticating 69% of CSIs and Baalbaki 74%. A qualitative examination of selected examples illustrates where the translators converge and differ in their management of cultural and linguistic specificity. The study contributes to the growing body of literature on English–Arabic literary translation and highlights how translational choices shape cultural representation in Arabic renditions of Western literary works.

THE ROLE OF ELECTRONIC SHORT STORIES IN ENHANCING STUDENTS' LEXICAL COMPETENCE IN READING COMPREHENSION SKILL

Arwa Ahmed Abdo Saleh — 2025-12-31

This study aims to underline the role of literature, specifically e-learning short stories, in enhancing reading comprehension skill among First-Level students of English at the Faculty of Education of Saber, University of Aden. The research study mainly focuses on students' lexical competence. The study is specifically conducted to identify the underlying problems faced by students who experience difficulties in comprehending reading texts. For this reason, the researcher gave a brief outline of the objective, hypothesis, and question. The researcher besides implemented a quasi-experiment, and through a purposive (non-random) sampling she adopted a causal-comparative design where she divided a sample of (41) into two groups: A control group of (20) subjects, and an experimental group of (21) subjects. In a same manner, the researcher utilized four instruments as follows: A pre-paper pencil test, a select number of short stories, What's Application group activities, and a post-paper pencil test. Each instrument is designed to serve the research purpose. The experiment lasted for a period of (10) weeks where the researcher committed herself to meet her subjects two days per week through What's Application. The study in accordance with the objective, hypothesis, and research question adopted the statistical value of (0.05) to affirm the significant level of difference between the two groups, and hence interpreted the data collected by means of Mann-Whitney U Test (SPSS, version 28). The study demonstrated two main results: a) E-learning short stories proved gradual development of students' lexical competence. b) E-learning short stories played an effective role in the reading comprehension skills of students.

THE EFFECT OF USING THE KAREN TEACHING MODEL ON THE ACQUISITION OF TEACHING COMPETENCIES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION - ADEN

Latifa Naji Rashed Shamlan — 2025-12-31

The study aimed to investigate the effect of using the Karen Teaching Model on the acquisition of general teaching competencies and academic achievement among students of the Faculty of Education، Aden. To achieve this aim، the two researchers formulated the following two hypotheses:

There is no statistically significant difference at the (α = 0.05) level between the mean scores of the study sample in general teaching competencies before and after the experiment.
There is no statistically significant difference at the (α = 0.05) level between the mean scores of the study sample in academic achievement before and after the experiment.

The researchers adopted a quasi-experimental design، with the study sample consisting of 20 students (2 males and 18 females). The study instruments were administered both before and after the intervention to measure the effect of the independent variable (the Karen model) on the dependent variables (general teaching competencies and academic achievement). Data were collected using a teaching-performance observation checklist and an achievement test. The results indicated that the Karen model was effective in acquiring essential teaching competencies among students and enhancing their performance in the course. Based on these findings، the researchers offered several recommendations and suggestions to further strengthen the model’s effectiveness in the educational process.