The Sahaba were reported to have read/recited in the evening and implemented what they learnt during the day and this was a routine of growth. Evening reading sounds like a good habit.
I’m wondering if this issue might also be influenced by other factors, such as poverty and the limited accessibility of education for lower social classes. Additionally, the political aspects should not be overlooked-does freedom of the press truly exist, and do political systems play a role in discouraging reading within society? The ability to read a book also requires time, and time is a precious commodity, especially when you are merely trying to survive.
Your points are valid. I think the freedom elements is diminishing in its impact on the overall limitation of reading as technology breaks down significant barriers. For sure survival reduces living to its most fundamental. Thank you for your insights.
@@azzilh I think one factor is also the relationship between the teacher and students. Having an open mind was a type of rebellion that almost looks like a power grab in the eyes of the teacher making the joy of learning almost non existent. As an American I lived in Yemen for one year and went to public school I remember being reprimanded for asking too many questions which led me to stay quiet.
I haven’t considered that my reading as a hobby was perhaps due to my father reading to me as a child and my parents library at home. Interesting video and topic. Here’s hoping the next generation somehow become better than ours in this!
During my military service i brought some books with me as a way to kill time granted they weren’t arabic but i was dumbfounded by the question the people around me would ask “why are you reading” and it wasn’t asked like “what are you doing” but as “why are you doing what you are doing”
I think another reason Arabs read less is because the dialects in the region vary so much that Modern Standard Arabic is alien in to them. In Morocco the dialect in shops like IKEA is written with Roman letters. In houses in Morocco there are no books, I was married to a Moroccan lady for 33 years (RIP) she was frustrated that I had so many books around, she grew to understand that in the course of reading a book one grows to love it, to treasure it. I recently asked a nephew of mine to help me with some Arabic grammar, he declined admitting ignorance of the subject, yet this man is fluent in three European languages. Arabs are a very oral race, and audience gathers round the story teller and he holds them entranced with very familiar stories now that’s something we don’t have in the West.
The Arabic word iqra (إقرا) means "read" or "recite". Quran Arabic الْقُرْآن is from same root. Q-R-A root The Bible in Semitic Hebrew language is called Miqra (מִקְרָא) from the same root. Quran is Biblical Hebrew semitic word also.
I have always wanted an answer to this. Im an avid reader studying political sciences at university, and a Muslim before that. We were once the bastions of knowledge and thought, and some of us have ceded part of that heritage.
Because you guys intentionally lazy, mohammed has all this history and networking under his belt meanwhile you modern muslims are just cosplaying as the emams who fed you bullshit.
Subhanallah. We are the Ummah of Rasulallah (Salallahu Alaihai Wassalam). It was he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who was blessed with the first revelation received from Hazrat Jibra'eel (Alaihis Salaaam): Iqra (Read!, now the beginning ayah of Surah Alaq #96). How tragic that we have failed to heed Allah's commandment and the Noble Prophet (Alaihi Wassalatu Wassaalam)'s example. We have descended into the abyss of this new Age of Jahiliyah, the one that Sayyid Qutb (Rahmatullah Alai) wrote about in "Milestones" (1964). May Allah help us be literate people, working toward self-actualization and metacognition. Ameen. Jazak Allahu Khayr for your illuminating discussion, ya akhi.
The Arab Muslim world embraced writing and reading during the Abbasid era by learning paper production from China. However, they failed to embrace the printing press until late after the Europeans. Now they're facing the dilemma of the digital divide with the advent of computers , along with their deficit literacy rates historically .The less demanding world of literacy in the Arab Muslim lands of the past has shaped the mindset and attitudes towards reading today in the culture. It's urgent for the Arab Muslim peoples to learn how important the demands for literacy are in all its forms are for them in today's technological environment, and this will require nothing short of a Renaissance.لا حول ولاقوة الابالله
To be fair its a worldwide issue with a preference for mobile phones and wasting time. I would say the only Arabs who read a lot are those pursuing Islamic knowledge as learning is encouraged.
Thank you so much TareQ 👍🏻for inviting our attention towards this amazing point ✅ Brother, 👍🏻May Allah Subha Na Ho Wa Taala Rewards 👑you for this service Ameen 🕋 Sohail Karachi 🙏🏻
Interested in your videos as non Arab/Muslim. It’s a large topic summarized quite nicely. I am in late 50’s now but for the last 20 years or so I completely stopped reading because of internet access that veered me off of reading. I am reading now to make up for the lost years in gusto. I wonder how much it affected people around the Arab world the replacement of reading clips or documentary contents on the internet.
Illiteracy in the UK keeps increasing too. I find your choice of topics interesting. I didn't know about the word Takfir and notice ot more now after watching your other video.
Palestinian are native Semitic people of the holy land. Jewish Bible is written mosly in Arabic/Hebrew. Most modern Israeli don’t even know that Bismillah, Ayatollah آیتالله Ayat + Allah (אוֹת + אַלָהּ ), "Hajj" are all Arabic but also Biblical Hebrew words. So the word like Ayatollah آیتالله Ayat + Allah (אוֹת + אַלָהּ ) is holy word for Christians, Jews and Muslims.
Definitely you are right Kandar but the problem is that the ban was for hundreds of years, and even after they lifted it, they didn’t put much into literature and education until Caliph Mahmud and Caliph Abdulhamid II (take into account the political turmoil both caliphs faced during their time). Which is why most of the populace in the empire had huge illiteracy rates. Add to that, the wars and conflicts and the creation of the Arab monarch states (who don’t really do much with education).
How do you explain why the Turks are so far ahead of the Arabs in reading, science and technology? The printing ban was also applied to the Turks, but the Turks managed to modernize in the following centuries. The Arabs could not. As a result, many Arab countries are suffering.
Very interesting episode, thank you. One note is that in the US, most published work and entertainment is heavily propagandized so might have literacy but ... literacy to read what? And because of my family's neurodiverse disability, many of us lose our capacity to comprehend anything more than a sentence or two after we were all huge readers when young and throughout adulthood. My Father was a astronomical reader; tremendous. But at 80 and in his last 10 years, he lost most of his ability. I read giant books from my early teens, but I lost my capacity to read at around 50. When I lived in S Asia decades ago, I worked on promoting the idea of "non-literate" versus US/Western "illiteracy" classification because rural life so much is learning while doing and learning directly from people, in person. And ironically I'm now running my own farm in the very rural US and I can't read. It's amazing to be living a mostly non-literate life searching for mentors to show me, not tell me to read it. But thanks to many online teachers like The Kandari Chronicles, Electronic Intifada, Black Liberation Media, and so much more, learning continues. Choose the material very wisely.
It's honestly CRAZY to me like arab culture is literary! And then it is also insane to me as a Muslim since majority of arab countries are majority muslim...like the religion is all about reading... So u got a culture of reading, a majority religion of reading but nobody wants to read or question and learn 😭
I think reading is overrated. Most people are going to read works by people they already agree with, and getting access to quality information is another huge problem. You can have a very literate population that is close-minded and misinformed.
I dont think that one can say it's overrated. But regardless the seeking of knowledge and inspiration is a necessary cause for all of us. It needs to be triggered by a curiosity that doesn't let us simply be content with what we have gained in the past.
In the early years of education we learn to read, but afterwards we read to learn. This is the key factor, not whether you agree with a view but rather having the intellectual tools and abilities to process information for knowledge in general.
lower literacy rates among Muslim populations, this is often due to complex socio-economic and political factors, rather than inherent to the religion itself.
Mainstream Islam, like mainstream Christian, cares more about quantity over quality in regards to attaining/keeping a following. That means the dumbest people are accommodated and their dispositions in turn are reflected in how the religions are shaped/articulated.
reading would expose the faithful to information that would crush their faith, it is better they are confined to imams and sheikhs telling them fantastic, as in fantasies, stories. although a none arab i was born and grew up in mauritania, where marabout, imams, sheikhs told us what was in their books, or should i say what they wanted us to know, when i started reading, my horizon widened, i started sourcing and processing what was taught, i was shocked to discover the gap between what i was taught and REALITY, inevitably i left the religion of the bedouins. peace
When I took an oral exam in Islam for my professor of History of Religion, he said, Islam is a religion revealed in scriptures. The problem is that so few Muslims have learned how to read.
Books are easily influenced and can spread different ideologies. In my country, I’ve observed that while many people support book fairs, these events are often flooded with books promoting atheist or non-believer perspectives. Although the literacy rate in South Asia is relatively high, much of the education system remains rooted in British or colonial frameworks. As a result, many of the educated individuals are influenced by Western ideologies and ways of thinking.
As a non muslim outsider, it has always struck me how in the west children read and are taught (historically at least ) about things such as heroic explorers, scientists, inventers and so on. Where as childrens education in the middle east (as far as i can tell) seems to be more centered around religious texts. I may be wrong but I have often wondered if that is not a large part of the reason why Western counties tend to be more wealthy and technologically developed. ? I'm sure I can be accused of all sorts of bigotry for saying this, but it seems reasonable to me.
I think it's because Arabs are unwilling to write novels in their own culture, owing to an inferiority complex which started during the Ottoman Tanzimat, and a lack of governments which promote reading the way Iran promotes book writing and reading. Iran's leadership always be promoting novels and writing books from Iranian culture.
Sadly even if we start reading we will go read novels and stuff considering that how European start only few read for education and we will just copy the behaviour
Reading doesn't mean mindful. It is about accepting narratives and lies as facts. I learned english through intuitive and hollistic thought and hearing, and I am arab and generate new words in English like Arabic.
When i read the title i was like come on arabs definitely read .... But man what you said was so true ... We really don't read .... I never realized how true that is ... Even i, i thought that i read but when i think about it i just read some novels that's so embarrassing 😂
I have to diagree with this, almutanabi street in baghdad has a section for free books and i saw a lot of people reading there, ofc a lot of arabs are either too poor to hav time to read as they are working or too rich to bother, but there are a lot of arabs reading, as electrical engineer i read few books in my field like sedra-smith and art of electronics. However i can agree that most books read by arabs are literature and history or religion not many read scientific books which we really need
As an Iraqi, we love to read but the poor have little in the way of learning. But even the poor should be able to read but I don’t know the statistics.
Is fusha really a problem? As someone trying to learn arabic (both shami & msa) seems the more technical/sophisticated to topic, the more fusha ends up being used. Or am I wrong & it's possible to read about religion, medicine, politics purely in a dialect? Though maybe not the best example, but China has numerous languages but everyone reads a standard.
Would arab reading benefit from scaffolding? Like how English books are scaffolded for different reading ages. But there is a characteristic that UK children can be infantile for a long time and not engaging in community of political matters.
less reading doesn't mean less information. there are many paths to the same destination. to get you there, cars may be as good as horses, no? The Babylonians may be complaining that we don't read cuneiform tablets anymore.
@user-wr4yl7tx3w Reading quite literally exercises the brain. The action of reading, particularly when young, is an essential component for the building of a more highly functioning neural pathways and aid in the development of the potential for "brain plasticity." That is to say, the brains own ability to self-heal and to build upon already established pathways in the brain. In short, reading may truly be considered "food for thought."
I understand and believe in what you say. But this phenomenon is around us in the settlement with the superficial realm around us versus one of curiosity. I think using the angle of books is a way to reflect the lack of investment in discovering knowledge or attracting inspiration.
No, the people of the Levant are not originally Arabs, although a large portion of the population in the Levant today identify as Arab due to historical migrations and cultural influence, but genetically, they have a distinct ancestry from the Arabian Peninsula, with more ancient Levantine ancestry from the region itself;. Key points to consider: Ancient inhabitants: The original inhabitants of the Levant were various Semitic peoples like the Canaanites, who spoke languages related to Hebrew, not Arabic. Arab migration: While Arab tribes did migrate to the Levant over time, particularly during the Muslim conquests, the majority of the population in the region prior to that were not Arabs. Genetic distinction: Recent genetic studies indicate that Levantines have a distinct genetic profile compared to people from the Arabian Peninsula.
@@موسى_7 yep, everyone got their liberal views and own version of Islam on their mind. And that angel looking like woman with not so modest dress 😂 (I'm a girl, before ya'll come after me for being lusty)
I expect book reading has declined sharply in the west because of social media and rise of TH-cam. Theres a wealth of information in video form, in the past only a fraction would make it anywhere, even in book form. Also if arabs aren't reading, what are they doing instead? There's praying for example, Europeans now probably spend a tiny amount of time on religious stuff compared to muslims now... but prayer brings benefits i presume....
So let me get this straight. The image of a black man can be used to portray an Arab as long as the subject matter being discussed is negative. If you were talking about a positive subject, would you use the image of a black person to represent Arabs???
For 2023 Adult literacy in Libya 90%, Tunisia 81%, Algeria 81%, SArabia 98%, Qatar 93%, Bahrain 98%, Sudan 60%??, Somalia 41%, Ethiopia 49%, Egypt 74%, Morocco 77%, UAE 98%, Palestine 98%, Lebanon 95%, Iraq 86%, Syria 94%, Jordan 95%. I think it's self evident that your video is misinformation. I could cite a lot more to debunk your other claims but can't be bothered to waste any more time on trolls who like to spread racist propaganda.
Hebrew Bible has lots of Arabic words. "Bismillah", "Ayatollah", "Abdullah", "Muhammed", "Islam", Muslim", "Quran", "Hajj", "Masjid" are all Biblical Hebrew words
Psalm 33:12 Hezbollah means "Nation of G-d" . Hezbollah is blessed in Jewish Bible. Psalm 33:12 Hezb is Ge'ez ሕዝብ (ḥəzb, “nation”) in Ethiopian Jewish Bible and Hebrew word is Eloah/Allah is for G-d. 🇵
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That’s why I quit my job as a university lecturer to become children’s picture book author and illustrator.
That's wonderful. Share some of your works!
The Sahaba were reported to have read/recited in the evening and implemented what they learnt during the day and this was a routine of growth.
Evening reading sounds like a good habit.
I’m wondering if this issue might also be influenced by other factors, such as poverty and the limited accessibility of education for lower social classes. Additionally, the political aspects should not be overlooked-does freedom of the press truly exist, and do political systems play a role in discouraging reading within society? The ability to read a book also requires time, and time is a precious commodity, especially when you are merely trying to survive.
Your points are valid. I think the freedom elements is diminishing in its impact on the overall limitation of reading as technology breaks down significant barriers. For sure survival reduces living to its most fundamental. Thank you for your insights.
@@azzilh I think one factor is also the relationship between the teacher and students. Having an open mind was a type of rebellion that almost looks like a power grab in the eyes of the teacher making the joy of learning almost non existent. As an American I lived in Yemen for one year and went to public school I remember being reprimanded for asking too many questions which led me to stay quiet.
I haven’t considered that my reading as a hobby was perhaps due to my father reading to me as a child and my parents library at home. Interesting video and topic. Here’s hoping the next generation somehow become better than ours in this!
Thank you for your great thoughts. Appreciate it!
I just started reading when i re-embraced Islam back(through Allah's guidence). Now i study polymath and wanna experience life.
During my military service i brought some books with me as a way to kill time granted they weren’t arabic but i was dumbfounded by the question the people around me would ask “why are you reading” and it wasn’t asked like “what are you doing” but as “why are you doing what you are doing”
I am not surprised at their surprise at your actions.
@@sul_6448 Right, and that question annoys me so much. Makes me wanna ask “why are you breathing” right back. I’m reading cuz I want to, why else.
Probably the only people an american could beat in a reading competition.
I think another reason Arabs read less is because the dialects in the region vary so much that Modern Standard Arabic is alien in to them. In Morocco the dialect in shops like IKEA is written with Roman letters. In houses in Morocco there are no books, I was married to a Moroccan lady for 33 years (RIP) she was frustrated that I had so many books around, she grew to understand that in the course of reading a book one grows to love it, to treasure it. I recently asked a nephew of mine to help me with some Arabic grammar, he declined admitting ignorance of the subject, yet this man is fluent in three European languages. Arabs are a very oral race, and audience gathers round the story teller and he holds them entranced with very familiar stories now that’s something we don’t have in the West.
The Arabic word iqra (إقرا) means "read" or "recite".
Quran Arabic الْقُرْآن is from same root. Q-R-A root
The Bible in Semitic Hebrew language is called Miqra (מִקְרָא) from the same root.
Quran is Biblical Hebrew semitic word also.
I have always wanted an answer to this. Im an avid reader studying political sciences at university, and a Muslim before that. We were once the bastions of knowledge and thought, and some of us have ceded part of that heritage.
Because you guys intentionally lazy, mohammed has all this history and networking under his belt meanwhile you modern muslims are just cosplaying as the emams who fed you bullshit.
Subhanallah. We are the Ummah of Rasulallah (Salallahu Alaihai Wassalam). It was he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who was blessed with the first revelation received from Hazrat Jibra'eel (Alaihis Salaaam): Iqra (Read!, now the beginning ayah of Surah Alaq #96). How tragic that we have failed to heed Allah's commandment and the Noble Prophet (Alaihi Wassalatu Wassaalam)'s example. We have descended into the abyss of this new Age of Jahiliyah, the one that Sayyid Qutb (Rahmatullah Alai) wrote about in "Milestones" (1964). May Allah help us be literate people, working toward self-actualization and metacognition. Ameen. Jazak Allahu Khayr for your illuminating discussion, ya akhi.
For parents looking to buy Arabic reading books for kids, Colins "BIG CAT" and Oxford "ARABIC CLUB READERS" are great.
Thank you for your recommendation Umm Muhammad!
Thanks for shedding light on this important issue.
My pleasure Nabil. Glad you found it applicable and necessary.
The Arab Muslim world embraced writing and reading during the Abbasid era by learning paper production from China. However, they failed to embrace the printing press until late after the Europeans. Now they're facing the dilemma of the digital divide with the advent of computers , along with their deficit literacy rates historically .The less demanding world of literacy in the Arab Muslim lands of the past has shaped the mindset and attitudes towards reading today in the culture. It's urgent for the Arab Muslim peoples to learn how important the demands for literacy are in all its forms are for them in today's technological environment, and this will require nothing short of a Renaissance.لا حول ولاقوة الابالله
Totally agreed Brian and thank you for the wonderful synopsis.
To be fair its a worldwide issue with a preference for mobile phones and wasting time. I would say the only Arabs who read a lot are those pursuing Islamic knowledge as learning is encouraged.
Thank you for interesting topic.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much TareQ 👍🏻for inviting our attention towards this amazing point ✅ Brother, 👍🏻May Allah Subha Na Ho Wa Taala Rewards 👑you for this service Ameen 🕋 Sohail Karachi 🙏🏻
NGL, the introduction and the ending were unbelievably shocking, concise yet impactful; I was genuinely moved by the eloquent phrasing.
You have brought very relevant facts and this information is new to me thanks for educating
Interested in your videos as non Arab/Muslim. It’s a large topic summarized quite nicely. I am in late 50’s now but for the last 20 years or so I completely stopped reading because of internet access that veered me off of reading. I am reading now to make up for the lost years in gusto. I wonder how much it affected people around the Arab world the replacement of reading clips or documentary contents on the internet.
Illiteracy in the UK keeps increasing too.
I find your choice of topics interesting.
I didn't know about the word Takfir and notice ot more now after watching your other video.
Palestinian are native Semitic people of the holy land. Jewish Bible is written mosly in Arabic/Hebrew. Most modern Israeli don’t even know that Bismillah, Ayatollah آیتالله Ayat + Allah (אוֹת + אַלָהּ ), "Hajj" are all Arabic but also Biblical Hebrew words. So the word like Ayatollah آیتالله Ayat + Allah (אוֹת + אַלָהּ ) is holy word for Christians, Jews and Muslims.
It's scary how you think of something and TH-cam algorithm show you just that.
Surely Ottoman banning of the printing press has a lot to do with it
That for sure has an element to it, but that was over 500 years ago. I think there are more applicable reasons for today's behaviour.
Definitely you are right Kandar but the problem is that the ban was for hundreds of years, and even after they lifted it, they didn’t put much into literature and education until Caliph Mahmud and Caliph Abdulhamid II (take into account the political turmoil both caliphs faced during their time). Which is why most of the populace in the empire had huge illiteracy rates. Add to that, the wars and conflicts and the creation of the Arab monarch states (who don’t really do much with education).
How do you explain why the Turks are so far ahead of the Arabs in reading, science and technology? The printing ban was also applied to the Turks, but the Turks managed to modernize in the following centuries. The Arabs could not. As a result, many Arab countries are suffering.
Very interesting episode, thank you. One note is that in the US, most published work and entertainment is heavily propagandized so might have literacy but ... literacy to read what? And because of my family's neurodiverse disability, many of us lose our capacity to comprehend anything more than a sentence or two after we were all huge readers when young and throughout adulthood. My Father was a astronomical reader; tremendous. But at 80 and in his last 10 years, he lost most of his ability. I read giant books from my early teens, but I lost my capacity to read at around 50. When I lived in S Asia decades ago, I worked on promoting the idea of "non-literate" versus US/Western "illiteracy" classification because rural life so much is learning while doing and learning directly from people, in person. And ironically I'm now running my own farm in the very rural US and I can't read. It's amazing to be living a mostly non-literate life searching for mentors to show me, not tell me to read it. But thanks to many online teachers like The Kandari Chronicles, Electronic Intifada, Black Liberation Media, and so much more, learning continues. Choose the material very wisely.
Love the thumbnail!
Had an amazing adviser this time around.
It's honestly CRAZY to me like arab culture is literary! And then it is also insane to me as a Muslim since majority of arab countries are majority muslim...like the religion is all about reading...
So u got a culture of reading, a majority religion of reading but nobody wants to read or question and learn 😭
I think reading is overrated. Most people are going to read works by people they already agree with, and getting access to quality information is another huge problem. You can have a very literate population that is close-minded and misinformed.
I dont think that one can say it's overrated. But regardless the seeking of knowledge and inspiration is a necessary cause for all of us. It needs to be triggered by a curiosity that doesn't let us simply be content with what we have gained in the past.
In the early years of education we learn to read, but afterwards we read to learn. This is the key factor, not whether you agree with a view but rather having the intellectual tools and abilities to process information for knowledge in general.
lower literacy rates among Muslim populations, this is often due to complex socio-economic and political factors, rather than inherent to the religion itself.
Agreed fully. On the contrary, the Islamic faith should be pushing for reading.
Mainstream Islam, like mainstream Christian, cares more about quantity over quality in regards to attaining/keeping a following.
That means the dumbest people are accommodated and their dispositions in turn are reflected in how the religions are shaped/articulated.
That's why Iran has higher literacy rates
@@thekandarichroniclesThe decline of determination and faith in the religion of Islam is a source of many factors that lead to illiteracy.
reading would expose the faithful to information that would crush their faith, it is better they are confined to imams and sheikhs telling them fantastic, as in fantasies, stories. although a none arab i was born and grew up in mauritania, where marabout, imams, sheikhs told us what was in their books, or should i say what they wanted us to know, when i started reading, my horizon widened, i started sourcing and processing what was taught, i was shocked to discover the gap between what i was taught and REALITY, inevitably i left the religion of the bedouins. peace
When I took an oral exam in Islam for my professor of History of Religion, he said, Islam is a religion revealed in scriptures. The problem is that so few Muslims have learned how to read.
Books are easily influenced and can spread different ideologies. In my country, I’ve observed that while many people support book fairs, these events are often flooded with books promoting atheist or non-believer perspectives. Although the literacy rate in South Asia is relatively high, much of the education system remains rooted in British or colonial frameworks. As a result, many of the educated individuals are influenced by Western ideologies and ways of thinking.
Bible also a phrase Hallelullah/HallelAllah "Praise to Allah" (similar to Hallelujah) Psalm 147:12.
As a non muslim outsider, it has always struck me how in the west children read and are taught (historically at least ) about things such as heroic explorers, scientists, inventers and so on. Where as childrens education in the middle east (as far as i can tell) seems to be more centered around religious texts. I may be wrong but I have often wondered if that is not a large part of the reason why Western counties tend to be more wealthy and technologically developed. ? I'm sure I can be accused of all sorts of bigotry for saying this, but it seems reasonable to me.
I think it's because Arabs are unwilling to write novels in their own culture, owing to an inferiority complex which started during the Ottoman Tanzimat, and a lack of governments which promote reading the way Iran promotes book writing and reading.
Iran's leadership always be promoting novels and writing books from Iranian culture.
Nassim Taleb says only 2% of his book sales in Lebanon are in Arabic. The rest are in English and French.
School simply gave us pdsd from studying, we worked for marks not knowledge, that was what the system was made around
Sadly even if we start reading we will go read novels and stuff considering that how European start only few read for education and we will just copy the behaviour
Reading doesn't mean mindful. It is about accepting narratives and lies as facts. I learned english through intuitive and hollistic thought and hearing, and I am arab and generate new words in English like Arabic.
When i read the title i was like come on arabs definitely read .... But man what you said was so true ... We really don't read .... I never realized how true that is ... Even i, i thought that i read but when i think about it i just read some novels that's so embarrassing 😂
What is the source you got literacy rates from?
They are mentioned in the video. UNESCO is one and couple of other more regionally focused surveys.
How utterly different from the Jewish tradition that is obsessed with learning, with the written word and the life of the mind!!!
I have to diagree with this, almutanabi street in baghdad has a section for free books and i saw a lot of people reading there, ofc a lot of arabs are either too poor to hav time to read as they are working or too rich to bother, but there are a lot of arabs reading, as electrical engineer i read few books in my field like sedra-smith and art of electronics. However i can agree that most books read by arabs are literature and history or religion not many read scientific books which we really need
As an Iraqi, we love to read but the poor have little in the way of learning. But even the poor should be able to read but I don’t know the statistics.
Is fusha really a problem? As someone trying to learn arabic (both shami & msa) seems the more technical/sophisticated to topic, the more fusha ends up being used. Or am I wrong & it's possible to read about religion, medicine, politics purely in a dialect? Though maybe not the best example, but China has numerous languages but everyone reads a standard.
Would arab reading benefit from scaffolding?
Like how English books are scaffolded for different reading ages.
But there is a characteristic that UK children can be infantile for a long time and not engaging in community of political matters.
Can someone please tell me what the video title says? I don't know how to read lol
less reading doesn't mean less information. there are many paths to the same destination. to get you there, cars may be as good as horses, no? The Babylonians may be complaining that we don't read cuneiform tablets anymore.
@user-wr4yl7tx3w
Reading quite literally exercises the brain. The action of reading, particularly when young, is an essential component for the building of a more highly functioning neural pathways and aid in the development of the potential for "brain plasticity." That is to say, the brains own ability to self-heal and to build upon already established pathways in the brain.
In short, reading may truly be considered "food for thought."
I understand and believe in what you say. But this phenomenon is around us in the settlement with the superficial realm around us versus one of curiosity. I think using the angle of books is a way to reflect the lack of investment in discovering knowledge or attracting inspiration.
In the beginning so it shall be in the end
I hope it's one of the better beginnings.
No, the people of the Levant are not originally Arabs, although a large portion of the population in the Levant today identify as Arab due to historical migrations and cultural influence, but genetically, they have a distinct ancestry from the Arabian Peninsula, with more ancient Levantine ancestry from the region itself;.
Key points to consider:
Ancient inhabitants:
The original inhabitants of the Levant were various Semitic peoples like the Canaanites, who spoke languages related to Hebrew, not Arabic.
Arab migration:
While Arab tribes did migrate to the Levant over time, particularly during the Muslim conquests, the majority of the population in the region prior to that were not Arabs.
Genetic distinction:
Recent genetic studies indicate that Levantines have a distinct genetic profile compared to people from the Arabian Peninsula.
Are you going to talk about syria?
It is wrong to read as it conflicts with the fundamental principle of life which is self-preservation. Do you understand?
Please don't use pictures/paintings of angels and prophets (A.S) in your videos like you used at the start of the video.
Right I agree
I'm not sure the man behind the channel is all that religious. Isn't he Saudi? They're not religious.
@@موسى_7 yep, everyone got their liberal views and own version of Islam on their mind. And that angel looking like woman with not so modest dress 😂 (I'm a girl, before ya'll come after me for being lusty)
Anything other than Quron and Madarasa books is Haram, and can be punished by D3ath if repeated. I wonder why they don't read as much.
AyatOllah Khamenei recommends people read Les Miserables. You know, the guy with the ballistic missiles.
I expect book reading has declined sharply in the west because of social media and rise of TH-cam. Theres a wealth of information in video form, in the past only a fraction would make it anywhere, even in book form.
Also if arabs aren't reading, what are they doing instead?
There's praying for example, Europeans now probably spend a tiny amount of time on religious stuff compared to muslims now... but prayer brings benefits i presume....
So let me get this straight. The image of a black man can be used to portray an Arab as long as the subject matter being discussed is negative. If you were talking about a positive subject, would you use the image of a black person to represent Arabs???
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Its the persians & indians wrote most of arabic islamic books
true
True.
The prophet SAW did say that the arabs were amongst the most disgraceful people before islam.
Brother don’t share images that pretend to illustrate angel jebrill or the prophet
Why are you using a picture of a black person in your thumb nail??
damn
For 2023 Adult literacy in Libya 90%, Tunisia 81%, Algeria 81%, SArabia 98%, Qatar 93%, Bahrain 98%, Sudan 60%??, Somalia 41%, Ethiopia 49%, Egypt 74%, Morocco 77%, UAE 98%, Palestine 98%, Lebanon 95%, Iraq 86%, Syria 94%, Jordan 95%. I think it's self evident that your video is misinformation. I could cite a lot more to debunk your other claims but can't be bothered to waste any more time on trolls who like to spread racist propaganda.
Hebrew Bible has lots of Arabic words. "Bismillah", "Ayatollah", "Abdullah", "Muhammed", "Islam", Muslim", "Quran", "Hajj", "Masjid" are all Biblical Hebrew words
This has nothing to do with it
Psalm 33:12 Hezbollah means "Nation of G-d" . Hezbollah is blessed in Jewish Bible. Psalm 33:12 Hezb is Ge'ez ሕዝብ (ḥəzb, “nation”) in Ethiopian Jewish Bible and Hebrew word is Eloah/Allah is for G-d. 🇵
You mean God?
Absolutely