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The founding of the department of Arabic language and literature is associated with the founding of the University of Jordan, thus it is not surprising that the first chairman of the department, Professor Nassir al-Din al-Asad, was also the first president of the University of Jordan. Since its beginnings, the department of Arabic has represented the essence of a long-standing university tradition, where the concept of the university’s ‘will’ is manifested in the fact that all decision-making processes are handled by several councils and boards within the university; beginning with departmental boards, faculty boards, and ending with several university boards and councils. Needless to mention, all these councils and boards comprise faculty members, which makes this tradition, in addition to other factors, responsible for endowing the department and the university the distinguished rank they together enjoy.