This blogpost is mostly based on the short story of "Mother Tounge" by Amy Tan. It talks about the authors experience as a Chinese Amrican and the discrimination towards her mother since she doesn't speak the "Standard English". It is a must read.
My ethincity can be mostly spilt up. I can really pick an ethnicity so to speak. What I mean is that I associate myself with Arabs, Muslim, White, and African (through my nationality...Obviously). But I mostly associate with Arab, since that is the foundation of my history. Now what does this have to do with the titlew of the blog. Well both Arab and Muslims (the two which I associate with the most) both use Arabic as their Mother Tounge. Arabs are very important in terms of history, especially as a Muslim. History is very important in our beleifs and our general culture as Arabs. The Arab culture can be malleable, depending of the country, but the infastructure of the culture is the same.
In the present day, English has dominated the world's common/universal language. This isn't a bad thing, not at all my point, in fact English is a beautifal, sophisticated langauge full of life, and color. But as Arabs, it is a bad thing. The reason why I brought up the Islam in me earlier, is because Arabic is the only lanbguage that Islam uses. But nowadays, people have veered towards the English language so much, that in most places, it is spoken more than the national language. The next Muslim generation (including myself) have to convey that Arabic to the next generation and so on. It is going to be hard when most Muslims don't even speak Arabic anymore.
In my daily life, I dont really see people talking Arabic anymore, Arabic to me is the most beautiful, and is also a very ciommunicative language. The minor differences in speech and writoing can mean two toal different things. Even the writing is considered art. But no piece of poetry can beat the Qur'an, If you are anaware, the Qur'an is the Islam's Holy Book. The writing is elegant and graceful. It cannot be recreated by any person in the world, and that is a prioven fact. People have tried and have not prevailed. But the only catch to reading such beauty and exquisitness, is to have the ability to speak Arabic.
English is a beautiful language, but when you try to translate the Qur'an into English, that symmetry, that artistry becomes absent. It doesn't exist. Arabic is meant to be and stay Arabic.
This blog isn't about Arabic being the unlawfully runner-up, but it talks about my experience with people not communicating to Arabs in their own language. Every language is like a wife/significant other, No matter what, non are as beautiful as yours. I think thats a good way to end it.
My ethincity can be mostly spilt up. I can really pick an ethnicity so to speak. What I mean is that I associate myself with Arabs, Muslim, White, and African (through my nationality...Obviously). But I mostly associate with Arab, since that is the foundation of my history. Now what does this have to do with the titlew of the blog. Well both Arab and Muslims (the two which I associate with the most) both use Arabic as their Mother Tounge. Arabs are very important in terms of history, especially as a Muslim. History is very important in our beleifs and our general culture as Arabs. The Arab culture can be malleable, depending of the country, but the infastructure of the culture is the same.
In the present day, English has dominated the world's common/universal language. This isn't a bad thing, not at all my point, in fact English is a beautifal, sophisticated langauge full of life, and color. But as Arabs, it is a bad thing. The reason why I brought up the Islam in me earlier, is because Arabic is the only lanbguage that Islam uses. But nowadays, people have veered towards the English language so much, that in most places, it is spoken more than the national language. The next Muslim generation (including myself) have to convey that Arabic to the next generation and so on. It is going to be hard when most Muslims don't even speak Arabic anymore.
In my daily life, I dont really see people talking Arabic anymore, Arabic to me is the most beautiful, and is also a very ciommunicative language. The minor differences in speech and writoing can mean two toal different things. Even the writing is considered art. But no piece of poetry can beat the Qur'an, If you are anaware, the Qur'an is the Islam's Holy Book. The writing is elegant and graceful. It cannot be recreated by any person in the world, and that is a prioven fact. People have tried and have not prevailed. But the only catch to reading such beauty and exquisitness, is to have the ability to speak Arabic.
English is a beautiful language, but when you try to translate the Qur'an into English, that symmetry, that artistry becomes absent. It doesn't exist. Arabic is meant to be and stay Arabic.
This blog isn't about Arabic being the unlawfully runner-up, but it talks about my experience with people not communicating to Arabs in their own language. Every language is like a wife/significant other, No matter what, non are as beautiful as yours. I think thats a good way to end it.
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