scholarly journals Linguistic-cultural Characteristics of Hotels Names in Saudi Arabia: The Case of Makkah, Madinah and Riyadh

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 160-170
Author(s):  
Reima Al-Jarf
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Place Names ◽  
Cultural Characteristics ◽  
Global Culture ◽  
Connotative Meaning ◽  
Islamic History ◽  
Hotel Chains ◽  
Cultural Features ◽  
At Home

The current study aimed to analyze and compare hotel names (HNs) in Makkah, Madinah and Riyadh to find out if they differ in their linguistic and cultural features.  Results of the data analysis showed that linguistically, most HNs in the three cities consist of two-word compounds. Culturally, HNs in Makkah and Madinah are loaded with meaning and reflect the country's rich past and present Islamic cultures and heritage. Most HNs in the two holy cities contain words and phrases from the Quran (Elaf, AlFurqan); notable events in Islamic history (Al-Hijra, Al-Fath); ancient Islamic place names (AlSakifa, Ohod); use of other names of Makkah and Madinah (Bakka, Umm AlQura, Taiba); and words with spiritual connotations (Alhuda, AlEman, AlEhsan). Islamic and spiritual words are even combined with names of international hotels as in Dar Al-Eman/Dar AlTaqwa/Dar AlHijra Intercontinental. The word 'Dar' which means 'house' is added to HNs to make hotel residents feel at home in the company of other Muslim visitors. In Riyadh, HNs mostly consist of single- and two-word compounds, but none of them has an Islamic or religious denotative or connotative meaning. Rather, they reflect the local mundane Saudi culture. They utilize typical Saudi eponyms (AlMutlaq, AlGhanem); toponyms (AlYamamah, AlJanaderia). Diyafa (hospitality) and Raha (Rest) impart a sense of generosity and comfort; and AlMokhmalia, Amjad, Asala, Qasr and Royal give a sense of grandeur and prestige. Global culture is reflected in retaining the names of international hotel chains such as “Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton”; or combining a local designation with the English and French descriptors such as "Plaza, Palace Tower, Royale, Crowne, Coral” as in (AlFanar Palace, AlFahd Crown; Coral AlHamra. Results of the analysis are reported in detail.

scholarly journals Market share of credit facilities and their impact on the profitability of banks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – An applied study on Saudi banks –: الحصة السوقية للتسهيلات الائتمانية وأثرها على ربحية المصارف في المملكة العربية السعودية – دراسة تطبيقية على المصارف السعودية –

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amal Abdullah Abdullah Al- Qahtani
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Rate Of Return ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Return On Equity ◽  
Applied Study ◽  
Descriptive Approach

The objective of this study is to reveal the effect of the market share of credit facilities on the rate of return on assets and the rate of return on equity in Saudi banks. The study sample consisted of all Saudi banks, which included twelve banks listed on the stock market of 2008 and before 2018. The study relied on the analytical descriptive approach by using the Panel Data Analysis. One of the main findings of the study is that the market share positively affects the rate of return on assets, while the market share of credit facilities does not affect the rate of return on equity. Among the most important recommendations in the study is the need to reduce the rate of return on credit facilities, which may contribute to increasing its market share, which will increase the contribution to the achievement of profits and work on the balance between liquidity and profitability by maintaining the market share in the volume of deposits to give the bank the ability To increase credit facilities and thus increase profits in banks and to conduct further research related to the market share of credit facilities in Saudi banks.

scholarly journals Semiotics of Roland Barthes in Symbols Systems of Javanese Wedding Ceremony

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. p22
Author(s):  
Mohamad Jazeri ◽  
Susanto Susanto
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Roland Barthes ◽  
Connotative Meaning ◽  
The Third ◽  
Marriage Ceremony ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Wedding Ceremony ◽  
Interactive Models

This study is aimed to explain the interpretation of symbols systems in Javanese wedding ceremony. The symbol patterns can be categorized into leaves symbols, vegetable symbols, flowers symbols, food and drinks symbols, Javanese traditional instrumental music (gending-gending), and thread of marriage processions. The data of this study were collected by in-depth interview techniques, participant observation, and documentation. The data were analyzed with the Miles and Huberman interactive models. Data analysis reveals that substantial meanings of the symbols in Javanese wedding ceremony are of advice, prayers, descriptions, parables, and responsibilities. The first, an advice for a bridge/a bridegroom is to have a well foundation, always to love each other, to become a reassuring spouse, to be considerate and think clearly, to have tender heart, and to respect their parents. The second, prayers are delivered in order that the bride and bridegroom have abundant lawful or halal fortune or wealth, have good offsprings, keep away from life barriers. The third, description means that the bridge looks like a beautiful queen and a bridegroom is associated to a handsome and dashing king. The fourth, a parable of marriage is alike to wade the ocean with big waves and storms. The fifth, a responsibility is due to a husband to make a hay or earn money and a wife to manage it then they work together to obtain the goal of marriage. The connotative meaning is flourished to become a myth that marriage ceremony is equipped with standard of symbols that will build the happy and everlasting marriage.

scholarly journals Female Judges in Saudi Arabia, Hope Versus Reality

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Samah al-Agha
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Saudi Arabian ◽  
Qualitative Research Method ◽  
Secondary Resources ◽  
Legal Constraints ◽  
Cultural Constraints

Abstract The purpose of this research is to identify and explore the factors that have contributed to the prevention of women from working in the Saudi Arabian judiciary from the viewpoints of male Saudi judges. The study applies the qualitative research method and uses interviews to obtain the required data. It uses primary and secondary resources to support the arguments. The data analysis reveals three main themes under which these factors fall: the legal constraints, the religious constraints, and the cultural constraints. Finally, the study concludes with some findings and recommendations with regard to employing women in the judiciary.

scholarly journals Produktivitas Mahasiswa di Rumah Selama Masa Pandemi Covid-19 di Tangerang Ditinjau dari Jenis Kelamin

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-121
Author(s):  
Imarwani Alfa Annisa ◽  
Karjuniwati
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Female Students ◽  
T Test ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Mental Attitude ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Better Than ◽  
At Home

Productivity is a mental attitude. The mental attitude is always looking for improvements to what already exists. a belief that a person can do a better job today than yesterday and tomorrow is better than today. This study aims to determine differences in student productivity at home during the Covid-19 pandemic in Tangerang in terms of gender. The number of respondents in this study was 30 individuals with the criteria of respondents in this study were male students and active female students who live in Tangerang. sampling using purposive sampling. The data analysis used was the independent sample T-test in the SPSS program. based on the results of data analysis the value of Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.863> 0.05, so as the basis for decision making in the independent sample t-test it can be concluded that there is no difference in the average productivity at home between men and women.

Misrepresentation of Orientals in Dave Eggers’s A Hologram for The King

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-258
Author(s):  
Samal Marf Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Postcolonial Theory ◽  
Real Image ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
The Real ◽  
Postcolonial Discourse ◽  
Economic Motives ◽  
At Home

      This study deals with the colonial perspectives in Dave Eggers’s A Hologram for The King (2012), according to the postcolonial approach. Although colonialism era is over by now, colonial perspectives remain strong in some literary works. Since its advent in the second half of the twentieth century, postcolonial theory confronts colonial attitudes and experiences as colonialism has been justified in many works of Western writers and scholars who have distorted the real image of non-Europeans and non-Westerners via different means and techniques in masquerade of orientalism. Postcolonial discourse opposes the misrepresentation of non-Europeans and argues that such falsification is driven by political, social, religious and economic motives. In the current study, the researcher aims at explaining the notions of colonialism, otherization and other falsified images of non-Westerners in A Hologram for the King. This paper mainly questions Eggers’s portrayal of the protagonist, Alan Clay, who after bankruptcy and failure at home, flies to Saudi Arabia and capitalizes on the physical and moral assets of the Orientals in this country to convert his story of failure to a success. The characterization of the oriental world and its setting show Eggers’s being biased against the Eastern world and ironically mirror clear hints of colonialism and eurocentrism.

Cultural aspects of future specialists training in modern conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Extra-D) ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
Galina Bohatyryova ◽  
Yurii Horban ◽  
Oksana Koshelieva ◽  
Olga Bigus ◽  
Oleksandr Chepalov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Cultural Characteristics ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Multicultural Environment ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Education Of Students ◽  
Cultural Features

This study is based on the results of the OECD (2018) structured survey of 1,093 teachers at universities in Australia, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Malta, Vietnam, Turkey, and Argentina, examined policy, the practice of cultural characteristics in training specialists, and teachers' attitudes to cultural diversity. The attitude and perception of cultural features by teachers does not determine the practice of forming a cultural environment and managing this environment to ensure quality education of students of different nations. The main culturological aspects of training are self-expression of cultural and ethnic identities, expression of cultural characteristics and their value through multicultural activities in universities, teaching students to combat ethnic or cultural discrimination. Therefore, the formation of a multicultural environment in higher education occurs through the activities of students and teachers, which complement each other.

scholarly journals The Impact of Attitudes towards Healthcare Service Quality on Organisational Performance: Evidence from the Saudi Arabia

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaser Salman Alsharar ◽  
Fadzil Shah bin Aziz ◽  
Che Azlan Bin Taib ◽  
Rushami Zien Yusoff
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Government Hospitals ◽  
The Impact

This research aims to investigate the effect of attitudes towards healthcare service quality on organisational performance among Saudi Arabian hospitals. The sample size comprises of 154 hospitals randomly chosen from 259 government hospitals in Saudi Arabia. For data analysis, the Partial Least Squares (PLS) structural equation modeling was used. In addition, this study found a positive and significant association between attitudes towards healthcare service quality and organisational performance. Eventually, this study provides some limitations and suggestions for future researchers.

scholarly journals Inventarisasi Tanaman Obat yang Dapat Digunakan sebagai Elemen Lansekap pada Dataran Rendah hingga Dataran Tinggi Di Kabupaten Tabanan

2015 ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
WAYAN WISNU WARDANA ◽  
I NYOMAN GEDE ASTAWA ◽  
I KETUT SARDIANA
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Ornamental Plant ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Landscape Elements ◽  
Land Unit ◽  
Medical Plants ◽  
At Home

ABSTRACT   Inventory of Medical Plants used as Landscape Elements From the Lowlands to the Highlands of Tabanan Regency   Tabanan regency is one district that has lowland and highland. Besides, Tabanan still very strong Balinese culture that is still many people who use medical plants not only as a raw material cuisine, but also as an infrastructure for prayer, ritual raw materials, and also as a treatment for balian, but these plants also have beautiful stem, leaves, flowers, and fruits so it can be used as an ornamental plant or as landscape elements, especially at home, in hotels and government offices. Results from this study can be useful for people who want to know the medical plants in the area of the Tabanan regency and the suitability of areas where the growth is suitable in highland or lowland areas. Methods used in this study are literature studies, surveys, observation and identification (observation), survey using list name of plants and data analysis. Research conducted in three sub-districts such as Kediri, Marga, and Baturiti. Results indicated that, based on the altitude there was found several number of medical plants species i.e. in sub-districts of Kediri 43 species, in sub-districts of Marga 26 species, and in sub-districts of Baturiti 15 species. Medical plants in the area usually found in the garden, telajakan, or in tegalan land unit.   Keywords: landscape elements, medical plants, Tabanan regency

The Experience of Respite during Home-Based Family Caregiving for Persons with Advanced Cancer

2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki R. Strang ◽  
Priscilla M. Koop ◽  
Jacqueline Peden
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Family Caregiving ◽  
Physical Separation ◽  
Life Patterns ◽  
Interpretive Study ◽  
Home Based ◽  
At Home

The purpose of this qualitative interpretive study was to explore the experience of respite during home-based family caregiving for persons with advanced cancer. Fifteen caregivers were interviewed twice after the death of their family member. Three main themes emerged from the data analysis. First, caring for a dying family member at home is an emotionally intense, exhausting, and singular experience, set in a world apart from everyday life patterns. Second, the caregivers differentiated between cognitive breaks and physical (getting away from) breaks of respite. To achieve a cognitive break and yet remain within the caregiving environment was viewed as important, whereas the physical separation from it was significant only if it contributed in some meaningful way to the caregiving. Third, the meaning of respite is rooted in the desire to bring a measure of quality and normalcy to the life of the dying person. Respite means staying engaged in living life with the dying family member.

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