Debate on Arab Culture Between Present Challenges and Future Visions

Writer Omar Taher points to reasons for the decline of Arab culture and its need for support.

SUMMARY

Writer Omar Taher explains that the decline of Arab culture is due to the lack of institutional interest and support for creatives, emphasizing that current cultural events are insufficient and that intellectuals need material and moral support to enhance their role in community development.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Decline of Arab culture due to lack of institutional and creative support.
Current cultural events are insufficient to address the crisis.
Intellectuals need material and moral support to spread culture in a modern sense.
Current intellectuals suffer from a lack of reading and research compared to previous generations.

CORE SUBJECT

Challenges of Arab Culture and Support for Intellectuals

The writer and novelist Omar Taher pointed out to "Al Bayan" some reasons for the decline of Arab culture in achieving advanced levels that enhance its role in community development. He emphasized that the real crisis lies in the lack of interest by some institutions in the Arab world in culture and creatives, and the absence of plans aimed at strengthening their effective role in development. He noted that cultural events such as book fairs or literary work honoring ceremonies are not sufficient to address the crisis facing Arab culture. He stressed that cultural entities and creatives are in urgent need of material and moral support to fulfill their role in spreading culture in its modern concept amid the dominance of materialism. Consequently, intellectuals today suffer from a lack of reading and research, which differs from previous generations characterized by their passion for knowledge and reading. This must happen without undermining the dignity of the concept of the intellectual, or their seriousness and objectivity, but within a framework that enhances their strength and effectiveness.

KEYWORDS

Arab culture creatives community development support for intellectuals cultural generations

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Omar Taher

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Writer and novelist pointing to reasons for the decline of Arab culture

Al Bayan

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