The Arabs a Japanese perspective

The Arabs: A Japanese Perspective Author: Nobuaki Notoha Published by: Al-Jamal Publications Medium-sized, semi-new, yellow paper, 140 pages About the book: The author talks about the Arabs and the difference between Arab culture and Japanese culture, through his university studies in Arabic in Japan, then his travels to the Levantine desert, Egypt, and his mingling with Arabs. When World War II ended, I was five years old, and I saw Japan defeated and lived with my family facing our destiny without any help. We had nothing in front of hunger, deprivation, weather conditions, and others. During the reconstruction process, I lived with my family in Tokyo, which was completely destroyed, neighborhood by neighborhood, street by street, in the final days of the war. I knew all of this, and I also knew the results of the process of correcting mistakes, and I myself enjoyed the fruits of Japan’s economic rise. After that, I traveled to Arab countries, and I was over thirty years old. I saw, read, and talked to people everywhere I went. I personally suffered from the absence of social justice, marginalization of citizens, humiliation, and the spread of repression in a way unworthy of humans, as well as the lack of freedoms such as freedom of opinion, belief, and behavior. I also closely observed how society sacrifices talented and loyal individuals, and I saw how people's behavior is often characterized by a lack of responsibility towards society and the homeland. Therefore, simple and difficult questions accompanied me: Why don’t Arabs learn from their experiences? Why don’t Arabs criticize their mistakes? Why do Arabs repeat the same mistakes? We know that correcting mistakes takes a short or long time. Everything has its time, but the question is: how much time do Arabs need to benefit from their experiences, correct their mistakes, and put themselves on the right path? In short, I want to share with the Arab reader my opinion on some of his issues as I see them from the outside, like any foreigner who has lived in Arab countries, read Arabic literature, and cared about daily life in the city, countryside, and desert.