Bahraini thinker Dr. Muhammad Jaber Al-Ansari asserts; That culture has a special nature that differs from the economy. Explained in the context of a vision for the development of the Arab League; It must transform into an “Arab UNESCO” that looks at the cultural heritage that brings together the Arabs in order to avoid political contradictions and regional interests.
He looked forward to starting positive steps, including that we agree on the nature of the dangers and caveats facing the Arabic language, and consensus on issuing binding joint Arab laws dealing with support for the Arabic language in particular, because it is impossible to imagine a thriving culture while its language is declining.
The author of (Arabic Thought and the Struggle of Opposites) pointed out that his generation, by virtue of its accustomed use of the Arabic language in various means, may not see those dangers looming in the language of adversity if it drifts behind what it is accustomed to. From the spread of linguistic in the press, satellite channels and books.
Al-Ansari considered the inability of a new Arab generation that does not use their mother tongue well as a threat to the language. He attributed the deficit to bringing in foreign nannies, parents' fascination with speaking a foreign language, and the influence of private schools, which have become a destination for Arab elites. In addition to the fact that public schools have failed to teach Arabic, and may have witnessed a regression that does not bode well, he wondered: What will be the case when these young Arabs grow up and assume responsibility, and they have to address their societies, lead them, build them, and communicate jointly with each other.
Al-Ansari believes that language is a vital element for the nation's entity and existence. And that the Arabic language in particular is the one that defined the Arab presence and drew it. Arabism today, and since ancient times, is no longer a tribal affiliation. Arabic is the tongue.” And the linguistic boundaries are what define it in the absence of any other consideration. Therefore, Turkey, Iran or Abyssinia, for example, are not included in this “homeland”… by virtue of the fact that the language factor is the decisive factor in these determinations.
And he goes to the fact that “sciences”, which are the foundations of progress in this era, and in all ages, do not penetrate the minds of our university students in their mother tongue, but rather they study them unlike many nations whose number does not exceed tens of millions in foreign languages, and the failure to teach science in Arabic was included among the reasons for the backwardness of the Arabs Scientific, the fact that “science” cannot enter the mind of a nation without its tongue, restoring a model adopted by (Israel), which has few millions, when it took the initiative to revive its dead Hebrew language, so that it became the language of communication, formalities and sciences, after centuries in which it remained buried in dictionaries… So why The shortcomings are only "Arab" shortcomings… and he sees it as a shortcoming of will above all else.
Al-Ansari did not acquit most of the Arab professors in scientific departments, considering them the most hostile enemies of Arabization and they do not want it! Pointing out that students of science, medicine and engineering, in particular, are already outstanding students… They will not be unable to study their Arabic and foreign languages at the same time, and what is meant by the call to Arabize the study of sciences; Not fight any foreign language.
He considered the flourishing of Arab culture as the basis for the Arab national tide as a natural flourishing, and the magazine Al-Risala, which was published by Ahmed Hassan Al-Zayyat, became the meeting place for Arab intellectuals, not only in Egypt, but in the countries of the East and the Maghreb, and Arab intellectuals from all Arab countries gathered around it, and after its cessation, it remained An indispensable reference for anyone who wants to "history" modern Arab culture, pointing out that "prizes" cannot generate a thriving culture… So many of these "prizes" in our Arab life and our Arab countries, and the least we have achieved in terms of cultural prosperity.
Al-Ansari explained that the philosophy of “moderation” needs free intellectual saturation, far from formalism. I do not see in the Arab cultural environment an original intellectual effort towards adopting or excluding this philosophy, calling for presenting these general intellectual orientations to thinkers and intellectuals of expertise and experience to discuss them freely, and to reach convictions that can be solid, even after a while.
Presented by: Ali Al-Rubai @Al_ARobai
