Damascus-Sana
Syrian and Arab intellectuals and scholars have unanimously agreed that the identity of Arab nationalism is subjected to attempts to distort and this must be confronted by focusing on our cultural and civilizational identity, fortifying generations and heading to the world with one vision, indicating that Syria was able, through its steadfastness, struggle and sacrifices, to stand in the face of these attempts.
During the international intellectual symposium organized by the Directorate of Damascus Culture in the cultural of Abu Rummana under the title "Regional and International Interventions and the Difference of Political Projects and their Role in Attempting to Fracture the National Identity" that concluded its activities today, intellectuals called for preserving the national identity as a precursor to preserving the state and its capabilities and central issues pointing to the need to strengthen Deepening the Arab national identity through education, and culture to confront Zionist imperialism that seeks to dissolve the national identity.
Political and media advisor in the Presidency of the Republic, Dr. Buthaina Shaaban pointed out that the Arab identity is targeted today more than ever through the attempts of the Israeli occupation authorities to distort our culture and confuse the ideas of young generations with American support, stressing the need to focus on our cultural and cultural identity and fortify new generations through a value system Educational and orientation to the world with one vision and Arab partnership.
Shaaban considered that the Arabs will not have weight unless there is coordination between their countries, stressing the need to emphasize the importance of language, culture and civilization that unites them while respecting the privacy of each country.
In his talk about globalization and its impact on the cracking of the Arab identity between the Jordanian writer and researcher in political economy, Alyan Alyan, “Syria has managed, through its struggle and sacrifices, to stand in the face of Western attempts to dissolve the Arab national identity and integrate it into the imperial American identity, indicating that Syria’s victory and the defeat of the reactionary American Zionist project in it It contributed not only to preserving its national identity, but to Arab national identity.
In turn, the leader of the United Syrian Communist Party, Hanin Nimer, stated that American imperialism is putting its full weight to change the world’s image for the worse and trying to break the balance of power and form a new balance that allows it to cause reactionary coups.
Nimr considered that the war on Syria opened many files, including the dialectical relationship between social, national and democratic issues, indicating the need to preserve the gains of the state and its progressive public approach, the public sector, including its institutions, had a very big role in the steadfastness of Syria in the face of the global imperialist Zionist campaign.
In turn, the Iraqi academic and researcher Dr. Abdul Hussein Shaaban stressed the need to search for a new Arab renaissance project that lies at the heart of promoting and deepening the Arab national identity through a series of directions in the field of education and culture and respect for rights and freedoms to confront Zionist imperialism that aims to uproot our identity through exposure to our heritage, history, edifices and targeting people. And try to adapt them to give up their language, civilization, history and human commonality.
Father Elias Zahlawi pointed out that national unity constitutes the depth of the strong fabric in Syrian society, which explains the reasons for its steadfastness for centuries, despite all the events that rocked it.
For his part, the researcher, Attia Massouh, mentioned that the national identity is in a permanent development that is not complete and that it must be flexible, as it is not a ready, complete, or final ready.
In his lecture entitled “Community Institutions and Forming a National Identity,” Dr. Tawfiq Dawood warned that we are facing the last battle that requires finding a national Arab national identity to stand in front of the global tide that he wants us to finish irreversibly considering that the family is the most important institution for building identity Nationalism is followed by a school that must be purposeful and serious to change society’s systems.