REFLECTIONS ON ARAB POLITICS – TO CREATE GOOD LEADERS, GOOD CITIZENS NEED TO BE NURTURED
February 1st, 2021
The Egyptian Nobel Prize winning author Naguib Mahfouz wrote in his novel ‘Heart of the Night’, that ‘Politics is a spacious word; its charm is distributed among all sects. Politics is life’.
It is a quote worth remembering, as politics is indeed life, and affects all life. Politics determines how we live not just politically, but also socially and economically. Yet in the Arab world, the political arena is often an echo chamber, repeating the same tired slogans and policies that have been utilized for decades. Politics is not lively in the way it should ...
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