(Asharq Al-Awsat-UK) Hussein Shobokshi - In the Arab world, societies have clearly failed to establish the idea of citizenship for all without discrimination. Two fundamental forces - sects and tribes - are sometimes stronger than the sense of collective national belonging. In his book Deadly Identities, the French writer of Lebanese origin Amin Maalouf refers to important points through which the identity of free and confident societies is formed. These societies are not afraid of assimilation as opposed to closed societies that fight and suspect everything that does not resemble them. The writer hosts the weekly current affairs program "Al-Takreer" on Al-Arabiya.
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