All praise be to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, Diwan: Journal of Arabic Language and Literature Vol.10, No. 20, the July-December 2018 Edition has been published and available to be accessed by readers. Diwan: Journal of Arabic Language and Literature for this edition is the final of a series of publishing processes that have been started since July.

Diwan: Journal of Arabic Language and Literature Vol. 10, No. 20, the July-December 2018 Edition begins with articles written by Muhammad Isya. The author reviews Robert Escarpit's sociology of literature perspective in seeing the reality presented by writers in literary works. The second article explores the discourse of the Sunni-Syi’ah conflict during the Syrian conflict. The third article composed by Reflinaldi focuses on analysis at the level of discourse movements in the Syrian and Indonesian mass media.

The fourth article is also about the Syrian conflict. Erizal Ilyas and the student research team examine the coverage of the border closure for Syrian refugees published in the Syrian News and Enab Baladi mass media. Unlike the previous article, this article observes the news from the perspective of critical discourse analysis. The fifth article is written by Ahmad Busyrowi and the student research team. The article dissects the phenomenon of expressive speech acts in Umm Kulthum song lyrics. Nurul Asqi et al, try to see the neological phenomena of Arabic in the current social context in the next article. The authors uncover the social phenomena which resulting in the emergence of new concepts and terms in Arabic. This edition is closed by an article written by Yasmin Azizi, et al. The paper highlights the differences in the construction of Arabic and Indonesian proverbs in the cultural context that underlies their emergence.

Diwan: Journal of Arabic Language and Literature Vol.10, No. 20, the July-December 2018 Edition was published due to collaboration, supports and hard works within editorial teams, writers and peer reviewers. Any feedbacks from readers, as well as the constructive criticisms, are welcomed for the development of this journal.