Algerian thinker Amin Zaoui: The problems that North African countries are suffering from are the result of the wound in the Amazigh identity that has been erased.
Algerian novelist and thinker Amin Zaoui considered that his new novel, “Nirvana,” primarily addresses individual and collective freedom.
In an interview with Radio Monte Carlo International, Al-Zawi expressed his regret that individual freedom is largely absent in North Africa and the Middle East. “We have come to consider that whoever defends individual freedom is defending something unnatural. We have also become obligated to follow the herd, and the culture opposing the herd has become a forbidden culture for us.
Regarding the concept of freedom, the Algerian writer says in his dialogue that it means firstly respect for human dignity. In a country or society that does not respect and honor the human being in his mind, thought, behavior and politics, freedom is absent.
Regarding presenting the novel “Nirvana” to Amazigh folklore, he saw that many of the problems that North African countries suffer from, especially in Algeria and Morocco, are the result of this wound in the identity that has been erased.
Al-Zawi also mentioned, according to his interview with the same media source, that the novelist and writer is first and foremost an educated person, and he has the task of conveying political and intellectual ideas, and he must also contribute to the critical construction of the political and institutional space. Today, it is important to rely on these intellectuals because we have lost in our countries what is known as symbolic capital made up of senior intellectuals who lead the historical transformation of societies.
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