The departure of the Arabs from Andalusia in the late fifteenth century was tantamount to their exit from civilized history. As a result of their forced departure from their homeland, the Arabs lost their ability to contribute to the progress of humanity, after having led scientific and intellectual developments for centuries. With the Ottoman Empire's control over the Caliphate and the subjugation of most Arab countries to its dominance, the Arab cultural movement and their creative research, scientific, and innovative activities came to a halt. Along with it, thinking about their living conditions and their future stopped, as they surrendered to reality and dependency became part of their cultural structure.

In light of the backwardness of thought and the political system that governed the Ottoman Empire, the cessation of the Arab intellectual and cultural movement turned into an individual, collective, and institutional crisis that could not be remedied under the prevailing conditions at the time. As the circumstances of the stagnation of the Arab intellectual and scientific movement coincided with a European awakening, a religious reformation movement, and a qualitative scientific, intellectual, and industrial renaissance on that continent, the Arabs' falling behind the procession of human civilization became a real catastrophe.

Although the discovery of oil in several Arab countries in the 1950s and 1960s created many job opportunities and great financial wealth that could have funded a broad intellectual, cultural, scientific, and societal development movement in the Arab countries, the Arabs failed to seize that opportunity, regain their leading role on the international stage, and thus contribute to the development of human civilization. The reason for this is due to two main factors: first, the discovery of oil wealth in the most underdeveloped parts of the Arab world, and second, the conspiracy of old and new colonialists against the Arab nation with the aim of entrenching fragmentation on its land, exploiting its natural resources, and deepening the sense of backwardness and inferiority in the souls of its people, including rulers, intellectuals, the general public, and clergy alike.

• Weight: 0.7 kg
• Dimensions: 17 × 24 cm
• Publisher: Dar Al-Yazori for Publishing & Distribution
• Internal Print: Black
• Author: Prof. Dr. Mohammed Rabie
• Publication Date: 2017
• ISBN: 978-9957-79-098-1
• Cover Type: Paperback