True Words: Excerpts from the Depths of Books
A collection of excerpts first posted on the author’s Facebook page on 20-2-2018. The piece reflects on how translation introduced and reshaped the concept of “democracy” in Arab political vocabulary, citing Libyan scholar Dr. Sadiq al-Niyehum.
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True words....from excerpts from the bowels of books Published on my Facebook page on 20-2-2018
It is known that a man of religion is not like a grammarian, because he does not correct people’s speech, but rather cancels their right to speak........!
In our search for the vocabulary of democracy for the Arab homeland for an alternative solution, it is in the movement of translation... by providing the word democracy in our political dictionary.. and erasing its original concept in the real world ,,,, to the point that it led us.. to believe that the shadow of the mountain is the mountain itself.. and usually climbing shadows has become a habit; it is an unwise habit....because it is an alternative to the blessing of ascent....Dr. Sadiq al-Niyehum....a Libyan researcher and scholar in the countries of the West.. in comparative religions
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Zuhdi Shubeitah, “True Words: Excerpts from the Depths of Books” (English translation of «كلام حقيقي....من مقتطفات من بطون الكتب», originally published 20 October 2022), https://www.zuhdish.co/en/articles/true-words-excerpts-from-the-depths-of-books
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