al-Lughah al-Sawāḥilīyah bi-waṣfihā Wiʻāʼan lil-Huwīyah al-Thaqāfīyah wa-Adātan li-Bināʼ al-Intimāʼ: al-Dawr al-ʻUmānī Namūdhajan - Rujaybī, Yūsuf ibn Sayf ibn Muḥammad; Būsaʻīdīyah, Wardah bint Hilāl ibn Zāhir; Muʼtamar al-Istiqāmah al-Duwalī al-Thānī: al-ʻUmānīyūn wa-al-Sawāḥilīyah bayna al-Taʼthīr wa-al-Taʼaththur (2026) (Mumbāsā) (Mumbāsā : Jamʻīyat al-Istiqāmah al-Khayrīyah al-Islāmīyah al-ʻĀlamīyah, 2026)
This research treats Swahili as a vessel carrying cultural identity and an effective instrument in building belonging, through a study of the Omani role in the formation of this linguistic and civilizational dimension in East Africa. It proceeds from a central problem expressed as a question about the way in which Omani linguistic and cultural interaction with Swahili society contributed to building cultural identity and strengthening the sense of belonging, within a historical context marked by mutual influence rather than by patterns of linguistic domination or cultural exclusion. The importance of the research arises from its contribution to deepening scholarly understanding of the relation between language, identity and belonging in overlapping cultural contexts; from its presentation of the Omani role as a civilizational model of linguistic and cultural interaction; and from the qualitative reading it offers of Swahili as an instrument for preserving cultural memory and a medium for building cultural belonging in Swahili societies.
Permanent citation identifier: MHF-MOMBASA2026-001.
Conference theme (in Arabic): المحور الأول: التأثير العُماني في السواحلية.
Text in Arabic; title also romanized (ALA-LC); abstract and keywords in English.
Keywords: Swahili language; Cultural identity; Belonging; Omani role; East Africa; Language and culture