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News sprea three years agothat Oman an other our Arabcountries (KSA, UAE, Egypt,an Jor an) are willing to startusing the nuclear power orpeace ul uses like generating electricity an esalination intheir countries.

These countries are notplanning to enrich Uraniumin their nuclear power plants.They are inten ing to buyrea y-ma e plants with the en-riche Uranium rom countrieswith longer experience in this

omain like: USA, Russia, anFrance.

Such project will ecrease

the use o oil an the amounto oil spills an gases whichincrease the pollution an theheat o the earth causing globalwarming. Thus, this kin o power will re uce pollutionan provi e much cheaperelectricity.

UAE has alrea y starteon this project. They willconstruct our nuclear powerplants with the cost o 75 bil-lion$ an it will provi e 25% o electricity to the whole countryby 2020. Perhaps Oman is thenext!

But what about the unavoi -able ra iations an the wastescoming out o these nuclearpower plants? What about thevery high temperature in our

countries which excee s 50C in summer? Woul nt it a-cilitate the task or an extremeexplosion?

One will answer claiming that sa ety stan ar s in theseplants will minimize such riskslike in other countries withsuch experience. Other coun-tries? You mean like Russia? Orlet us give a closer example...what about Japan? A countrywith a ar better experiencein nuclear plants. It coul notavoi explosions in its plantsa ter tsunami! Then, a muchimportant question shoul beaske . How woul Oman another Arab countries avoisuch isasters when it is the

rst experience o its kin in

their countries? An whereare they going to ll the wastesi the previous mentionecountries like USA ont knowwhere else to o so? Bearing inmin that these nuclear powerplants, which pro uce ra ia-tions, cause iseases an havean e ect on soil, plants ananimals.

Is it a tren that our coun-tries want to ollow or is it a necessity to keep pace withprogress?

Such projects e nitely neeurther stu ies. The costs, the

climate, the expert workersshoul be put into accountbe ore rushing towar s them.

A sa er alternative to gener-ate electricity that is very

vali to our hot weather is whatMorocco has a opte . Moroc-cans chose to use solar energyan utilize the hot sun shining in their sky only with the costo 9 billion$.

In act, its goo to employother resources o energy butwe shoul learn rom otherslessons. What shoul happennow in Oman an all countriesall over the worl is to stopharming the earth an go orthe eco- rien ly projects thatguarantee e ciency with lesspollution an less costs.

Take it people: not everytren is chase ! t

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By: KhAlid Al KindiTRAnslATed By: sAlimhAmed Al Kindi

I have just nishe the AlMaghrib prayer in the HolyMosque o Makkah, where theatmosphere o spirituality anwarm eelings ll the sacrespace with a won er ul scento aith ulness An there Ihoppe , pursuing the mortal

esires o li e, but a gathering or some o those who wereone with prayers be ore me

caught my attention when theyrushe towar s a respecteSheikh. That scene stoppe me

or a while. I coul not i enti ywho he was, or the istance wasinsu cient or my eyes to gethol o him. despite that, thescene oretol that he woul bean exceptional religious gure;especially with the soun speak-ers starting to sen whats being

iscusse in that lecture an

such matter almost never hap-pens in the lectures in the TwoHoly Mosques. The inci entcompelle me to sit un er oneo the soun speakers to listenan I was also compelle to sita ter recognizing the voice anknowing that the man was HisEminence Sheikh Ab ul Aziz Al-Sheikh - may Allah keepshim sa e - the Al Mu ti o Sau i Arabia, our secon home.

A ter nishing the lecture,His Eminence respon e to a selecte number o questions

rom the au ience ue to hav-ing the lecture between the AlMaghrib an Al Isha prayers.His answers ha a signi cant

epth in their reasoning an anextensive value in the knowl-e ge o origins. Although wehave some i erent stan pointson some issues with His Emi-nence, which is a sign o sounhuman ju gment, I hereby

a mit a personal a mirationor His Eminence an I pray

that Allah helps us to reach Hisacceptance.

In any case, only a ew mo-ments passe be ore I was ren-

ere agape an the eatures o my ace were mixe with sorrowan regret when a question romone o the au ience was rea . Hewas seeking eliverance rom a

ilemma that ha bothere hismin an isrupte the peace inhis li e. The issue was the rejec-tion by his wi e o wearing theniqab (veil) espite his esper-ate insistence. He was asking;shoul he ivorce her?! Thisquestion brought back to minsome story I ha once seen,aire by one television channel,o a tribe in the Arabian Gul who orbi the husban romlooking at his wi es ace. Thetribe ha a meeting to iscussa matter o a very ol man, whoha nine chil ren rom a wi e

an ha one time eliberatelylooke at his wi es ace! Baseon that o ense, the chie s anel ers o that tribe ha to is-cuss the issue an consi er theconsequences o the ol mansaction!

In ee , espite the vast-ness an broa spaces o the Arabian Gul s horizons, thescope o the emale sex is stilllimite . Women have, sincethe moment the human racestarte , always been consi ereas a key element in the orma-tion o the social network. Parto our legislative system seeksto keep the broa objective o the Islamic Sharia; to bring outgoo an thrust away evil. Thisproce ural course in its total-ity is greatly appreciate ansupporte ue to the act that it

alls un er the comprehensiveprotection o the public interestan there is no problem in that.

However, con usion occurswhen taking some matters witha little extremism an narrow-min e ness, an obliging peopleto ollow some concept withouta equate consi eration o theconsequences o that man ate.

Analyzing religious iscourseis not vital at the momentneither is iscussing the cur-rent connotations that occuran how accurate these arewithin the levels o realism.Furthermore, iscussing theSharia stan point o the niqabis irrelevant here, as many have

iscusse it in etail. What isimportant at the moment, in mypoint o view, is the necessityto examine some o the caseso amily ailures where a manworks as a negative actoragainst the woman (the ArabianGul woman in speci c) an hiswillingness to take apart in anexisting amily rom the socialnetwork or some unacceptable

reason. Intellectual elegizing isa tool o expression an changetowar s the best or somesocial issues, human conceptsan human cultures; althoughsome intellectual pro uctioncan be charge with unspeci-

e absur ity, but it can createsome con usion over the generalpattern or the social un er-stan ing o issues. This intel-lectual elegizing o the re orma vocates aims at achieving some urgent recti cations anmitigating some symptoms o unrealistic human un erstan -ing o ivine calls. It also aims atmitigating the symptoms o in-tense eelings an calls that urgethe simulation o the Qurashicommunity as a re erence point

or to ays worl . These callsalso eman the repro uction o some historical eatures o clas-sical eras that existe centuriesbe ore with their unique cir-

cumstances an consi erationsthat ont seem to t at ease into ays worl .

These wor s might be reaby both men an women, whosupport the iscusse issue, as a hi en call to ence in the ambi-tious Islamic movements as wellas seeking the injury o a crucialangle in these Islamic move-ments, which is not the case atall. It is rather a call or these Is-lamic movements to procee inexpan ing an moving towar shuman healing an working on

isabling all generators o hu-man classi cations o Muslimsocieties an ealing with the

ivine calls with a egree o refection, awareness an real-ism. That is especially the case,in the light o ailures o manypolitical projects that are ar

rom touching the Muslim con-science an which consi er theintellect o the Islamic move-ments, in general, with some

apprehension an issatis ac-tion an consi ering them as a actor o backwar ness in the

contemporary renaissance. Oneo the most signi cant reasons

or that negative perceptionabout the intellect o the Islamicmovement is the i culty topresent some religious theoriesas they are in reality ue to the

act that the writers i notsu ciently interact with thecurrent interests an theoristsin the religious el an theyhave to be accepting o that.

The ivine or er or womento take the niqab o (unveil)while per orming Tawa in Hajj,

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sex as well as to acknowle gethe i entity o women which isequal o importance as mens.To imprison a womans ace(her i entity) behin a maskonly because shes a emale istaking away her right o ree omo practicing her rituals theway she is. Such acts invitethe enemies o Islam an theopponents o human renais-sance to ri icule the i eologieso certain Islamic movementsan consi er them as negativecurrents against renaissancean urbanization. I ont call oropening the jurispru ence amsso that the win s o enlighten-ment coul move towar s the

aughters o Islam, but I call ora refection on the consequenceso those coercive ams throughtheir social tanks an I call orthe search o ynamic optionsthat match our contemporarycontext. I also call or the ju g-ment o the human conscious-ness, which le some men intoaccepting the i ea o taking his

amily apart an recti ying hisway o thinking, ealing withthe woman in general an hissuperior view. In other wor s,pro ucing new thorough mo elsthat are more harmonious withthe current necessities anwhole with the aspirations o the in ivi ual an society, i.e.

working accor ing to a religiousanthropological system. Ignor-ing that an in ulging in reli-gious theorization, which solepurpose is to imitate the ormeran commune in jurispru encewith them, guarantees the ini-tiations o in ivi ual confictsthat lea to rebellion. Rebelling not against the general move-ment, but against some speci caspects o it an that woulnot be surprising at all. For ex-ample, statistics show that therecor e ivorce cases in Sau ihave reache 24000 cases in just 2005 alone. Specialists saythat this is ue to the e ciencyin emotions an the low rateso religious an social aware-ness. This staggering number isworthy o pushing the religioustheories to examine an inspectthe issue in etail. Some o theintellectual tren s (Atatrk-

relate ones) believe thattheorization is alrea y too latean the ate o the nation hasbecome a sha ow that shoul becope with. Regar less o howaccurate that perception is, real-ity compels us to accept the i ea o mo ernization mobility baseon the inherent principles o ourreligion. Allowing the exist-ence o any opposition betweenreligion an society is su cientto in ect the joints o the Islamicmovements with complete pa-ralysis, thus agitating the wholecivilization project. Note thatthe opposition inten e here isthe result o atrophy in the spaceo a human un erstan ing o religion, which is the savior o mankin rom its narrowness tothe vastness o this cosmos anits extensive spaces.

There is no oubt that theexistence o some isastrousrepresentatives o such kino men is a sign o the severelack o ability to i enti y sa e

irections an to raw sa econclusions an paths. Thisresults into tearing the socialnetwork or making it fabby. Notonly that, but it is an in icator o a general ault in some Islamicsocieties (GCC speci c) an anin icator that it is going towar ssocial eterioration having

aile to notice its own weak-

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By: mAzin hABiBTRAnslATed By: umAi-mA Al hARThi

It seeme like an urgent mat-ter or him to paint the ero eceiling in his room with his barehan s. In that room, he ha live

or a perio o time with his col-leagues. The white color o theceiling upon which his eyes allevery morning a ter a turbulentwake prece e by a series o long shi ts the next morning,evening, or night, remin s himo the hospitals walls where hestill thinks that he will continueto work or a while. When heremembere the color (althoughthe color o the walls in the hos-pital were not completely whitebut rather milky), he sense the

smell, which either remin ehim o a loss he ha in his li e,or the bitterness he elt towar sit. The soun o peoples shoespoun ing on the foor wasgrowing in his hea , making him unable to remain in beany longer. Whenever he lookeup, the white colore ceiling inhis room remin e him o thehospital even be ore he actuallygoes there. In those moments,his heart woul beat so ast as i it were going to stop.

From his uncom ortable seat-ing position on the shabby plas-tic chair which obscures hal o the visitors entrance, he coulmonitor the situation closely.He like to contemplate on theimportance o his work an onthe power that he might yielin ei ther preventing or allowing a visitor to enter just to see a patient on the verge o eath.

Sometimes, he thought abouthis job, or which he receive a measly salary an which lackenobility an humanity, as a cruelun ertaking . He elt that hewas losing himsel over time.It seeme as i he was bor er-line between the worl o the

healthy an that o the sick. Hewas in ee , but he i not knowto which o these worl s hebelonge . In truth, there were noclear boun aries between thosetwo worl s - where someonecoul belong to one an not tothe other.

Nevertheless, the only jobthat he wante to o the mostwas to sit in ront o the visitorsentrance although it seeme likesacri ce or a young la whose

ace was no longer as youth ulas one woul expect. This i ea seeme to be a secret that he inot want to isclose to anyone.

He i this job an can nolonger see himsel oing any-thing else. Perhaps because hehas oun himsel oing it or solong that it has become a habit.For a long time, he avoi eworking the night shi ts in theEmergency department. Thecolor o bloo , the surprising si-rens o ambulances, the pain ulwhimpers, an the aces o rela-tives o those who have emer-gencies, were all trans ormeinto alarming mix o requentvisits in his trouble sleep. Ansince he coul not prevent orallow this an that to get in his

reams, they were all intru ing without his permission.

However, he oes not miss,in his long shi ts uring visiting hours, some o the moments o

joy that sitting on the chair cangive while moving his glancesbetween walls an humans.Sometimes he mocks himsel that i he stan s up, it is likelythat the chair will remain glueto his butt. He was not sure i it were a joke that eserve to

be share in ront o others, letalone to his colleagues or evento strangers. It will negativelya ect his prestige. He has notbeen seeking those joy ul mo-ments necessarily, but he hasnot rejecte them either. A terone particular long ay o hate-

ul silence, having been com-pelle to speak only in responseto the greetings o those whoenter an leave as well as being place in a situation in whichhe has no authority over anyone

only in preventing a chil romvisiting his sick ather or hismother who gave birth, he wasable to nally rewar himsel by having a long ialogue withone o the emale visitors whoarrive late an was implor-ing him to allow her in. He haentere into negotiation withher an allowe her obliginglyto visit, or an un isclose price.This price was in the orm o talking to her, looking at her ea-tures an whatever reveale o her bo y, smelling the womanly

ragrance emanating rom herbo y an the enticement o theper ume tantalizing him withwhat was hi en beneath herclothes - all infaming his wilimagination an allowing himto get as close to her as possiblewithout touching, to open thelocke oor. He completethis series o scrutiny with a long look at her butt, although

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my oman

By: sAFAA Al nABhAni

I have been thinking or a while

To sing or my great land

That draws on every cheek a smile

Where olks go hand in hand

My Oman my Oman

My words now ow in verse

In pride or maybe cheer

Telling the story o this nurse

Who hugs us when we ear

My Oman my Oman

Our souls are yours

And there is no harm can come

Nor dares a oe

Tread our valleys or our arms

You banish every woe

nothing was visible since shewas resse in a loose blackabaya . A eep sense o satis ac-tion overwhelme him with theknowle ge that both o themgot what they wante rom theother without any harm.

His suppresse blackmailing ten encies was not exclusive tothe emale visitors but when-

ever he likes to have a bit o a change, he elves into negotiatewith the male visitors to listento their excuses or an un is-close price too. They haveto come up with an innova-tive excuse or an unhear o storyline with exciting etailsan upon his approval, he willallow the visitor to enter. He

oes not care i the story wastrue or not, but it shoul besubject to rati cation, even i he oes not believe it. He woulspen his time surren ering tothe plotline o the claime storylong a ter the visitor has visitethe patient an le t the hospital.His immersion with the storycarries on even a ter the patientleaves the hospital. This wasenough to ll his time an toprovi e him with istractions.He ealt with all those excusesan stories as abrications not to

be taken seriously. He no longertakes them personally as he iwhen he rst began working that is not until a visitor makeslittle e ort to prepare convinc-ing excuses, or narrates histale in altering speech, or oesnot provi e su cient cre ible

etails. He then takes these epi-so es as irect personal attacksset on insulting his intelligence.

Inci entally, he consi ers him-sel an unlucky intelligent guy. All o these people are not his

rien s an will never be, an heoes not hope that they woul

ever be. However, he i expectthem to implicitly respect theauthority which his job provi ehim an respect his intelligence.He is ully aware that they willnot hesitate to invent any excusein or er to enter. He coul reathe aces o those who claimthat they were not aware o thechanges in visiting hours as anexcuse, an he coul nt acceptsuch reasons or the sake o ones sel -respect.

He woul not try to hi e hisanger when provoke by a visi-tor. He woul show iscontent-ment on his ace an in ica-tions o having been insultewhenever someone calls him a

guar . This is particular ly sowhen he hears a visitor convers-ing on his cell phone to a patientin one o the war s apologizing

or his visit because the guar at the oor woul not allow himto enter. He woul allu e tothe wor guar as i he meanta school guar or a janitor,an they were both har or himto accept. All he woul o is

glare at the visitor hoping thathe woul sense his ispleasure,but most o the times the visitorremains obtuse. Perhaps it is toomuch to hope the eparting visi-tor woul un erstan that thereason or that glare was in part

ue to the visitors lack o man-ners in conversing on his cellwhile attempting to enter. Thisis how he pre erre to con usehis visitors, rather than revealhis weakness to them. He woulshow his annoyance, regar lesso the reasons just to provi ehim with a sense o satis action.

He thought a lot. He i ntlike talking on the phone likehis peers who obsesse withtalking to new girl rien s anwasting their alrea y meagersalary on useless things. Theywere oing this to attest to theirmasculinity, which, encase

between our walls, seems toun ol with the passing o timean . I the i eas that o ten arosein his min were a xe on thewalls, the walls woul turn black

rom the excessive repetitiono wor s. The i eas themselveswere not black. They were justi eas that have been recurring an eventually clash. Everynight in be while staring at

the ceiling, he retrieves thosethoughts. He woul rememberthe aces o visitors more thananything else - the remark-able ones in particular or theones relate to a remarkableevent that was worth recalling.He woul inspect the aces o those who were prevente romentering an try to commit theirlast look to memory, especiallythe angry look on their acesbe ore they turn their backs onhim. The aces come to him athis connivance, an he retainsthem or when he nee s to evokethem. It is as i he is seeking re emption an solace or hisconscience be ore sleeping. Hisreasons or preventing visitorsentering may not be compelling an the sense o guilt kills him,but espite this, it oes not stophim rom barring visitors romentering.

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(WanderIng In the sand , exIled, I am a ghosWRiTTen By is-

shAq Al /KhAnjARiTRAnslATed By: AsmA Al

dAWOOdi

Youre the only oneIn my details

I love youFire up a home in my body

Im a journey In ront o you

Never been a metaphoricNever known the dawn

boundariesIn your eyes

I was watching the desert,Shaking, running away in

Gods landBroken among my own voiceI want you as my inner moon

I love you Will your calls pull me to you?

Alone, I prepared my endGrowing like the noon.

In the sea breeze,I all, I bowed

I love you

Never ound the rain,The rain that taught me my eatures, only you did

Youre the runner-away in my craziness,

In the grass landI wrote you as a pigeon

To be the heartTo survive

To stay a moving spaceLike the wine

You areI love you

--- Without you, sounds are

incompleteThe meaning in clouds isnt

enoughTo set me on re

I dont belong to the wind,Fall down towards me

I am tired o the old path angerIn my ribs,

Your scream is a sky That sends li e to the exile

Tired o the night as my ore-head

My sorrows are a horizonTired o this mirage

On my handTired o my exhaustion

I love youTwo stars united my soulYour innocence when it

touched meYour sudden revolution on meYou orm water

Your departure is wasting Stop being away

I am empty alone, An exhausting og, A ghost o my steps

The sand doesnt lead to rutAnd these palm trees are

tougher than my visionI shook my insideMy roads up-rose

I love your pure call

I love you---- Whatever your charming sky

is,Or anything else

Your desire is enough or me As we walk towards a tendon

Your torturing new-bornbeauty

Your mesmerizing voice Are enough or me

My timeThe wound prayer

Is stronger than mineSense my worry

I love youYou are my opening

My earth-uniting secret And all the names, the beau-

ties around me.

Be the blue bankThat watches over me

I YouThe two o us, con used in as-

similationGoing to the trap o the un-

known Who knows

Maybe, magic dwells in thepoem,

I love youI wish I wasnt eastern

Nor the soar sand is my memory,I read you, oh lightness god

Regressive I wasBut didnt wake up

For what, Im looking or?Except or death

Exiled,I love you

Lost in your voice water---

Cultivating the wordsHoping or a white lake,

To get me

I hate my stormsThe sunThe harborThe drowns

The smell o superstitionThe stubborn cellos

The calling I hate them all

I hate the a ter-world bellsThe edgesThe utes

The weird Gaf tree next to my windowI love you

Oh wintery summerFrom an arrow

Windows lled the poemGet me ready

I may be your arrowToday, there is no escape

From a destiny here

I will come back,Do, come back

The breaking mud is a cem-etery,

I am dying My wounds moved pass me

I am digging In longing

Sick o my glassI love youTwo roses

The ute, the visionI sing when your land lights

greenI adore, your virgin prophecy A virgin, hurt by an echo

No more dancing Absence lled me

I looked or a shadowMy departure le t me lost in

the heart What to deny?

The way is toughI love you

The clouds are still westernMy sorrow is ull o tears

A bow o nightly smoke is ol-

lowing meI am blindStars dont remember my li e

How can I be a star? And my blood is the prison

key.I am crying I love you

What brightness occupy my solitude

Gambling with dreams insideme

But didnt win A humiliating break-down

Opened a doorThe rst cries come to me

Are those o sick town convoysHave mercy on me

It is the ever, torturing me A wailing desires this orphan

Black shores

Between my ngers are grow-ing

I love you

Here I am,, on a stone And you are away rom me

In the morning, I ollowed thepast

Traveled in twosListened to the coming burstIn the evening, I have no pi-

geon warmthI see no letter

I called him my childYour sorry is the tone Above heart beats

Your words hurt meOh stranger,

This is the memory o lovetorture,

Singers mirrorOrphans map

An oasis, a north divided us, Wake up,

There is no rhyme in talking I love you

In the south crossroad,

My language raised into theunknown And it died

So the horse will take meTowards me

In vainThis stranger bites his image

In vain. t

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WRiTTen By: hATimsAlim ABdullAhTRAnslATed By: AmiRAAl hARRAsi

A Cultural symposium, a cul-tural phenomenon, a cultureperson, an perhaps a culturalwatermelon as well! The us-age o cultural has recentlyexpan e to i erent areas o li e, which is mainly ue to thelack o a certain e nition orthe concept o culture. Usually

there are certain concepts thatpeople commonly agree uponan re er to in escribing in i-vi uals as culture an ee s ascultural. Initially, having plentyo knowle ge shoul be enoughto re er to a person as culture ,as well as it is enough to e-scribe a ee as cultural i it hasto o with any el o knowl-e ge by one way or another.

The public an the e ucateclass share the same belie ; ex-cept that the latter exclu es theknowle ge associate with ap-plie sciences out o the rameo culture. Apparently, this is

ue to the belie that cultureis mainly relate to intellectan human sciences such as:literature, arts, politics, philoso-phy an economic theoriza-tion. Applie sciences, on thecontrary, are just mechanismso civilization oun in a morecom ortable li e.

However, culture, in a i er-ent case, converts the politicalan social re orms o a societyat some stage in peoples lives;particularly when peoples are atthe reaches o their esires orliberty. The same thing appliesto the stages prevaile by criti-cism, i eologies, social an po-litical theories which gather to

orm an organize entity o , aswe can name it, enlightenment

movements. Hence, whoevertakes a supporting role in themove is re erre to as culture . Ithink this is close to the linguis-tic meaning o culture, whichis intelligence an a roitnessor, in other wor s, the ability toobserve, ormulate an solveout problems.

From another perspective,culture becomes a populist be-ing as soon as it accompanies anethnic or international entity.

There the meaning o culture isconverte to an image refect-ing li estyle, way o ressing,tra itions, religion, olklore,music. This e nition o cultureis common in public an ormalspeeches, as i we are actuallytalking about anthropology wewhen talk about culture, the sci-ence o stu ying human habits,behavior an belie s. There ore,it is goo to mention there is a branch o anthropology callecultural anthropology!

The combination o all thosemeanings will give us: knowl-e ge, re ormation, an i entity.However, it is impossible tocome up with a e nition thatcombines the previous threeelements as they share no com-mon concepts. Controversially,i we accept the belie : cultureas an i entity is an inci ent antrue culture is only refecte inknowle ge an re ormation, an-other sub- e nition or culturewill be create . Culture will be

e ne as: the knowle ge thatpromotes humanity, which isthe same e nition state insome western books.

An issue like human-itys promotion seems, at rstglance, to be progressive an a constructive movement only;however, thinkers explain thatit goes beyon that. That is, anyknowle ge or experiment that

contributes in improving mor-als an artistic senses is part o humanitys promotion, an so itis culture. There ore, accor -ing to the previous e nition,culture is relate to civilizationas each one is the cause o theother. Furthermore, this makesus won er whether civilizationis an ol term or culture ori culture an civilization arebasically i erent wor s or thesame concept.

Nevertheless, we cannotescribe culture as a con useuplication. In the mi st o

so many belie s about what itmeans, it remains a term that isrecognize through the socialan unctional context o thespeaker, prior to anything else. When an artist talks about cul-ture he means intellect, when a

iplomatic talks about culturehe certainly means i entity,whereas when an or inary per-son re ers to you as a cultureperson he or she means that youposses goo knowle ge.

It is sa er when the ragean confict over terminologyremains quiet in papers thanagitating a summer war or it.It oes not matter, be cultureas you wish to be, but stay away

rom the noise o e nitions asthey are isturbing or so thinkI!! t

Culture Looking orthe Identity o the Term

I g co r of:

Moroj Al Zidjali

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