I mean: If that were the case, how much of our dignity, human solidarity, and sense of humanity have we lost until we became accustomed to the humiliation surrounding us, for ourselves and for others?! We have even come to accept this violence and inhumane treatment with which we or others are treated as we see it in life or when we read about it or see it on television. (We will ignore that we sometimes treat others in this way: our children, our subordinates, or those who fall into our hands among our enemies, for example, or the prisoners in our hands, assuming that some of those who carry out these tasks can read what I write).
Our habituation to this humiliation is reflected in the fact that we have come to accept that torturing a prisoner is a given. We no longer wonder about the effect of that torture on the prisoner-victim, even after his release from prison, just as we no longer wonder about the effect of torture on its perpetrator. Can he easily return to his normal daily life after leaving the torture room, as if he left the toilet to resume his life?
This is the first time I have gathered my thoughts on this topic after many attempts and articles scattered in more than one place.
“In this book, Sadiq Al-Azm wanted to analyze the causes of the defeat and theoretically propose a response to it, before he realized that, like many others, it was a recurring defeat, not resulting from “external conspiracies,” but rather from a persistent Arab inability, shared by both the peoples and the authorities. And this defeat The recurring nature that responds to every defeat with a new defeat is what makes the book retain its relevance. The defeat whose causes were explained is still continuing, the reasons it criticized are still present, and the mentality that justifies what cannot be justified is growing, growing, and active. However, the true importance of the book is not It consists in illuminating a historical tragedy, specific to time, but rather in the free critical approach, which explains human disappointments with human causes, without referring to a vague reference.” Faisal Darraj
It is rare today that we do not find in explanations and comments on the book of the Old Testament multiple references to archaeological sites, such as Qumran near the Dead Sea and Ugarit on the Syrian coast near the city of Latakia. The Qumran site has become a well-known name to some extent, while the site of Ugarit, which is no less important, did not enjoy the fame that Qumran enjoyed, even though its discovery contributed greatly to re-translating and interpreting many of the words and passages of the Old Testament. This is what prompted me to write this small book that examines the civilization of the ancient city of Ugarit and its legacy. Ugarit was one of many cities that filled the world of the Bible, but its importance lies in the wealth of literary texts that added a lot to our information about the world of the Bible, to a degree that exceeded what any other archaeological site in the eastern Mediterranean provided, and helped fill the gaps between the world. The ancient and modern world.
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