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Education has varied and developed through the ages. The knowledge obtained from our grandparents through listening to BBC and Monte Carlo Radio can be obtained now from any news outlet or online service provider.
However, the small screen led to the demise of the book.
Books have always been the primary source of education for people of all ages. Books moved nations forward to establish and unforgettable cultures that helped humankind to develop and flourish. If we wanted to measure the development and cultural values of a certain nation we start by listing its authors, novelists, poets and artists, as well as its other political and cultural and educational figures.
Arab culture has been filled with figures who have helped build prosperity and enrich the history of the nation, by building and reinforcing the rungs on humanity's ladder.
In the Middle East region an old saying from the 20th century represented the characteristics that distinguish nations. "Egypt writes, Lebanon publishes and Iraq reads." That was a long time ago, however, before the consumerist culture took over the region and the political, militant and security disturbances hit it across the board. This helped a lot in reversing the progressive trend in this region's nations' development.
The book fair currently being held in Kuwait demonstrates a woeful deficiency of cultural books, which have been banned by the censors. It comes as no surprise that this nation is not moving forward if it prevents its people from attaining all kinds of knowledge and maintaining a good level of education from reading that can advance them and give them a tremendously vital role in actively participating in leaving a great legacy for future generations.
The demise of the book and the intellectual development sparked by book reading has affected the whole world.
In the meantime, a thought-provoking novel by George Amado that speaks about Brazil's sacrifices for freedom and dignity is banned in Kuwait.
During a period in which religion is often misused to poison young minds and consumerism becomes the primary feature of society, books are off-limits. Novelists are scared to innovate; artists do not have enough room for creativity. In sum, no nation can attain a cultural standing in the historical timeline if it leaves books outside its borders. A nation that is not remembered by its people might vanish with one sandstorm.
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