Orang Arab udah ada yang mulai mikir, eh orang Islam tipikal di
Indonesia masih tetap saja dungu...
Satu lagi: jangan kita lupa apa yang disampaikan Ade Kim Hook
dulu disini: 50% orang muda Arab pengen jadi migran ke Eropa
atau Amerika..
On 16 Jan 2005, at 1:23, Ambon wrote:
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> http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=57612&d=16&m=1&y=2005
> Sunday, 16, January, 2005 (05, Dhul Hijjah, 1425)
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> The Rest of the World Has Changed With the Times and We Arabs Have Not
> Suraya Al-Shehry
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> We Arabs have lamented the plight of our young people more than anything
> else. If only our youth can achieve something and thus earn us a leading
> position in the world! Unless the potential of our youth is properly
> exploited, nothing will remain but regret at lost opportunities. The
> strength of young people is great; at the same time, if they are weak, an
> entire country can be rendered powerless and ineffective. This is something
> plain to see in contemporary Arab societies. A related problem has been the
> failure of Arab countries to invest in their own intellectuals whose
> achievements might have enabled them to stand more proudly in these
> difficult times we are passing through.
> The recent national dialogue on youth issues in the Kingdom as well as the
> Arab Strategic Seminar in Dubai have stressed the urgent need for
> comprehensive reforms with top investment priority given to young people.
> Such decisions have not been made by chance. It has been observed that
> changes on the economic and political stages also bring changes in social
> aspirations. In the case of Arab countries, however, hardly any change has
> taken place; the same old people in the same old offices clinging to the
> same old stifling bureaucratic routine are still in control. The long and
> the short of it is that the rest of the world has changed with the times and
> we have not. The guiding principle of the present age seems to be "no
> survival without an economy built on education." The tendency to depend upon
> natural resources instead of building a strong manpower base plus only
> halfhearted attempts at reforms will undoubtedly lead to the destruction of
> both ruler and ruled. The situation is comparable to a cyclone that uproots
> trees in an orchard and also kills the farmer. The terrible gale spares
> neither farmer nor farm. Only science and technology can devise techniques
> to counter the ravages of destructive winds. As for the Arabs who are
> frightened by the responsibilities attached to education and the development
> of manpower, they are busy with everything but the qualitative improvement
> of their people. They apparently need a guide who is skilled in teaching the
> lessons of history regarding the consequences of neglecting manpower
> development. Let any man - who wants to keep the people in a state of
> ignorance, unable to understand or demand anything - know that they in their
> ignorance destroy everything that he has built and achieved. They would not
> have thought of destroying anything if the man had trusted and taught them
> to love life and acquire knowledge so that they could help him in his role.
> Had that happened, they would have stood strong to defend their nation.
> Arrogant stubbornness is man's worst quality. We Arabs cannot afford to
> postpone taking immediate steps to get rid of this negative quality and the
> complications that spring from it.
> If we fail, we will all drown in the fathomless sea of anarchy and the lack
> of progress. These immediate steps cannot be taken without the committed
> political will to mobilize all our resources for doing so. It should begin
> with the country's youth. Possession of wealth is not the be-all and
> end-all. It should be used to create a system that makes wealth grow and
> uses intelligence in order to increase production rather than consumption.
> We cannot afford to be negligent in charting the reform plans and executing
> them in the most effective manner.
> It is not enough to design nothing but an education system. Education and
> training should enable manpower to interact in all fields and benefit from
> the modern technological revolution. It will be possible only in a climate
> of freedom and understanding and under a government with transparent
> objectives and priorities. Then it will be easy to begin a work schedule
> designed to remove negative factors. This is not possible in a nation that
> has lost its sense of direction. Our youth do not want to be exploited by
> others. They yearn for science to lead them to success.
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