It makes me sad to see whats happening to the Arab world today. We have such a beautiful and very rich culture. We contributed and influenced the world in many ways from science to math to hummus to belly dancing. Hope its only temporary, a glitch in history and well thrive again. To be Arab, then as now, was not to come from a particular race or lineage. To be Arab, like American, was (and is) a civilization and a cultural trait rather than a racial mark. To be Arab meant to be from the Arabic-speaking world — a world of common traditions, customs and value — shaped by a single and unifying language. The Arab civilization brought together Muslims, Christians and Jews. It unified Arabians, Africans, Berbers, Egyptians, and the descendants of the Phoenicians, Canaanites, and many other people. This great “melting pot” was not without tensions, to be sure, but it was precisely the tension of this mixing and meeting of peoples that produced the vibrant and dynamic new civilization. Click on link below to see the Arab contributions to world: adc.org/?id=247 - Carolina Chahine
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 04:53:30 +0000
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