Al-Qirtasis an international scholarly journal founded to disseminate and support studies and researches in the fields of Arabic language and literature. The journal aims to contribute to the scientific movement and to deliver researches which are honest and characterized by novelty in this field for those interested in it through its publication and access to it. Al-Qirtas which is published periodically, can publish a special publication. Al-Qirtas is a platform for the publication of articles that are sensitive and distinguished in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities and the publication of book reviews in this field.
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
Instructions for Author
Authors will be required to guarantee that the same manuscript or a similar version has not been submitted to any other journal or publication. If the author wishes to send the article elsewhere before the editor of the Journal has acted on its acceptance, the author should withdraw the article from consideration by Journal.
Manuscript preparation and Style
1) Articles can be submitted in Arabic, English and Urdu and should not exceed 35-40 pages of typescript. All submissions must included a 150-200 word abstract. Article must have an appropriate title and a number of sections. The first section should include the purpose of the article and methods of the study, the last section should include a summery and conclusions.
2) Full name(s) of author(s) must be listed, along with university of professional affiliation, address, phone/ fax number(s), and e-mail address. Provide a two-three sentence biography that can be used in your article. Current information only.
3) A manuscript must be double spaced, with page numbered consecutively and references (including full biographical notes ) placed as endnotes to the text. References should follow the style of the following examples, with titels italicized and not underlined:
a) Book: Adeeb Khalid, The Politics of Muslim Cultural Refore: Jadidism in Central Asia (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2000), p.78.
b) Chapter:Antonie Wessels, “Some Bibilical Considerations Relevant ot the Encounter Between Traditions,” in Christioan Muslim Encounters, eds.Y.Y. Haddad and W.Z. Haddad (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1995), pp.54-64.
c) Journal Article:Asma Afsaruddin, “Medieval Islamic Discourse on Legitimate Leadership and Its Modern Implications,” American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 20:2(2003): 80-94.
d) Unpublished work/ Dissertation:Effendy Bahtiar, “Islam and the State: The Transformation fo Political Ideas and Practices in Indonesia”, (Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1994), pp.100-102.
e) Cite all bibliographical information in endnotes. When the book or journal article is cited for the first time, provide full information: full name(s) of the author(s), title of the source, place of publication, publishing company, date of publication and the specific page you are citing. For subsequent citations of the same source, list the author's last name, as abbreviated form of the title, and the relevant page number(s). Do not use footnotes or a biography.
Arabic words should be transliterated according to the style in Journal, which is based on that used by SCH .
We prefer that you may send two hard copies of your article along with an electronic copy on a diskette.
Editorial Correspondence should be addressed to: Chief Editor Al-Qirtas
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