The digital library of Arab children's culture for sustainable development (DLACSD)

Loubna A. Youssef, Usama Elsayed, Sherif Shaheen and Nour Mahmoud Khalifa

Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences, 2024, vol. 7, issue 3, 256-289

Abstract: Purpose - This paper focuses on a project to work on the digital library of Arab children's culture for sustainable development (DLACSD). Design/methodology/approach - This project claims to link the past, present, and future by creating a platform that can grow to include not only works by adults but by children who inspire adults with their imagination and the joys they bring to the world. Findings - This project addresses in phases the different aspects of the problem of the lack of material for Egyptian/Arab children at different stages in Arabic on the internet (with copyright law in mind). It is time to fill this gap by having a rich repository of stories, plays, games and songs for children in Arabic in a digital library to enrich the life of the child and to inform the world that much that is worthwhile is available in Arabic for parents, teachers, and children to enjoy. Research limitations/implications - Through reading samples of the works by Abdel-Tawab Youssef (1928–2015) by using the Dublin Core Elements, it will be informative to see how his writings address the United Nations Goals of Sustainable Development way before these Goals were discussed. Practical implications - Writers for children, librarians, teachers, psychologists, literary critics, illustrators, and parents need a platform that makes material available to promote children’s culture in the Arab world and to introduce the world to what is of value for children in Arabic. Social implications - Currently, communication brings the world together and although the social media and the new technology have introduced problems that are serious, to say the least, collaborators on all levels must play an active role in redressing the social wrongs, especially those affecting children. Originality/value - This ongoing project by members of a team who believe in interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity has taken the first step to create and develop (DLACSD).

Keywords: Digital library; Arab children's culture; Arabic literature for children; Abdel-Tawab Yussef; Sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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