Egypt The Arabism ... Iraq The Ajam
By:Saadi Youssef
Only in Egypt I can find the concrete facts. My friends the true cultured people enjoy their real prestige .
Mohamed Badawi, in "Fesoul".
Mohammed Shoer , in “ A world of books."
Saad Al Qersh, in "Crescent".
Dawood Ibrahim, in "Al-Ahram".
Refaat Sallam, in the circle of the Egyptian General Translation Institute .
Ahmad Mujahid, the manager of the Egyptian General Book Institution.
Gamal Ghitani, so kindly provides me with an abundance of "News" .
Ahmdabd Muti Hijazi writes so free !
(I'm not a historian I can’t count !)
But I have to say I was cheered that Gaber Asfour became the minister of culture in the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Every time I visit Egypt I feel Arabism every where. Not in ides, but in the daily course. You are in Egypt, here you are an Arab in Egypt, with no question .
This matter is completely different in any where else. This question may be asked in another country like Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Sudan, and Lebanon for example, on different levels .
Such question in such countries has a cultural archaeological dimension , it’s a question of identity and history.
In Iraq, the question is different. Is Iraq an Arab country?
There is an old expression that can solve the matter, it’s called “Sheikh Iraqis” . That means “the Arab Iraq and Iraq of Ajam” .
The modern country with its European colonial foundation is not the state of “faqih” , it’s a state of only geographical entity (may be a multi-ethnic, and may be not) . But Iraq is not new .
The name “Iraq” came from Uruk. So what does it mean by asking about the eligibility of Iraq to be a complete state ?
What does it mean when the Kurds and Persians get the authority of the state ?
What does it mean when that the Arab in Iraq (the majority) are prevented to be effective in their home land ?
What does it mean to bring armies from far-reached countries to kill an Iraqi ?
What does it mean when the Arabic language is banned in the Barazanian Kurdistan , Erbil ?
So, Iraq is only Ajamism.
I’ll live in Egypt .
London
15th November, 2014.
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