Every free nation strives diligently for progress and development, to have a worthy position among the nations, and strives for that with every obstacle that hinders it from achieving the goals it aspires to. In its pursuit, it must take the means of strength, otherwise it would be one of the nations that opened for itself the door to controversy and closed the door to action, so the ills of every flaw seeped into it!
The first reason for the strength of nations, and the greatest impact on their renaissance and elevation, is their language, which is the vessel of their thought, history, religion, and culture. The language of a people has never been humiliated without being humiliated, nor has it degenerated except that its command is going away and disappearing, as Al-Rafi’i said.
If this reason is stronger in itself, and more extended in its time and place, and it is the language of the Arabs, then how free we, the sons of Arabism and Islam, should take this reason as we seek to build and establish our renaissance.
For all of this, Philadelphia University sought to establish the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at the beginning of the first semester of the academic year (1999/2000). The department includes ten qualified faculty members, some of whom have won local and Arab awards, including a number of eminent figures in the Arabic language and literature, and their academic ranks are distributed between professor, associate professor, and assistant professor. The faculty’s tasks and activities vary between teaching scientific subjects, following up on students and preparing them by supervising the research, reports, and written work they prepare.
The department awards bachelor's and master's degrees in Arabic language and literature, with the aim of supplying the local and Arab market with distinguished scientific competencies in language sciences and literary arts.
The goal of completeness, increase, and openness is present in the department’s activities and plan, which is why it continues to develop its programs within the “Development, Quality, and Quality” project. Striving for perfection and seeking beauty.