My passion for learning, eagerness to get more knowledge and my interest to discover the unknown since I was in elementary school, pushed my inquiry that used to daydream me, and takes most of my time, without getting a reasonable answer. I found nothing more than boredom among those whom I used to seek an answer from, demanding me to calm down.
Early in my life I came to know that reading is the only method that could answer my questions. I tried to face such inquiries and doubts with more reading, and knocking doors of knowledge seeking for an answer without waiting for those who used to ridicule me at times where my mind gets puzzled when facing those physical and global phenomena, seeking an interpretation from the mind for those metaphysic subjects without touching my faith.
This formed a kind of worry that pushes me to study more subjects, and to look into the secrets of subjects till I found in this knowledge worry some kind of pleasure that I adore.
This had been enough, at that time, to form an outcome that enables me to participate in all kinds of scientific gatherings in schools, and to be selected to represent my school in a number of contests in the field of culture, and to be selected as a chairman for its local broadcasting station. Therefore, I was be able to look into the value of learning since childhood. When I entered the secondary school, I became even more aware for it.
I studied electric engineering in the secondary school for a while then I left it to join Arabic Language division for my love of syntax, and adore of language, to find myself top rank (first) among my colleagues, till I graduated with a distinction honor with a GPA of 4.87/5.
I was worried that my teachers would not welcome the type of questions I used to ask about everything. To be honest, they were not used to such questions, they were used to give their lessons and then leave the class without being asked about anything. This makes the lecture kind of a dialogue between me and my teachers, who used to send me out of class and sometimes ask me not to attend their lessons.
During my third year I lectured within a cultural event in the college about (Poetic Adherence and Artistic Value), where I got more resentment of my colleagues and teachers. Their claim was that it was a secular look into arts, because they are not used to this, they are used to kind of adherence to narrow ideologies that nobody is allowed to confront, but rather one should let alone, accept and support. They are doing this from the religious view, and I used to prove them wrong.
During this time I read to the early writers in the field of Arabic language such as Al-Afghani, Mohammad Abduo, Taha Husain , Al-Tahtawi and Al-Qusaimi.
I read great cultural projects in the Arab world that had been read from another point of view, through direful opinions, as the books of Mohammad Abid Al-Jabri, Mohammad Arkon, Hasan Hifni, Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid, Ali Harb, Mohammad Miftah and others whose writings are still facing dispute and discussion among Arab intelligentsia.
I appreciate the value of true criticism so I have been reading some of old Arab books in the field, in addition to modern theories, their philosophical pillars, and their dependence on linguistic thinking. This includes, but not limited to, De Sassier, Chomsky and Pinker, although they are all translations from their original languages which neglects the beauty of the work.
I also read to Hosrl, Roland Bart, Drida, Basilar, Ampertweko, Michelle Foco, Edward Said, and this led me to read for some philosophers such as Max Fiber, Nietzsche, Hedger, and those who preceded them.
I liked the philosophy of Drida, which occupied my mind, and convinced me that learning has no specific time.
According to my understanding, these philosophies depend basically on language and linguistic knowledge, so I decided to enter this domain (linguistics), for it is a fertile and shifting science.
I work as a teaching assistant at King Saud University, Arabic Language division, and hope to get a chance to complete my graduate studies in the field of Linguistics at your distinguished university. I am very hopeful to be able to develop my research skills and improve my academic methodologies. I am also very keen to communicate with cultural elite in the university, and other institutions, as I am very interested to participate in the knowledge activity all over the USA.
I will spare no effort, devote time and energy, and will do my best to excel in the path of learning and knowledge.
