وجوهنا الجبانة

•• I woke up to the sound of a phone call from the eloquent and beloved writer Ayad bin Mukhalaf Al-Anzi.. a prolific literary figure from the Northern Borders region.. carrying his stick and books daily towards the Al-Lawz Cave in Arar, where they meet, touch, and converse with overwhelming emotions.. he reads Russian literature, and speaks only in classical Arabic.. that phone call sprinkled me with a calm fragrance, and I reveled in it, alleviating a pain that has haunted me for a long time, which is our neglect of our classical Arabic language.

•• After that phone conversation, questions arose in my mind.. Why do we color our cowardly faces with dialects that distance us from our dignified and modest Arabic roots?.. Why have we unleashed ourselves in the dusty streets of "colloquialism," leading us to a destruction that has torn us apart?.. Why did we respond to the dust of the frenzied "colloquialism," which has damaged our lungs and tongues?.. Why did we let the rising hurricane of "colloquialism" throw us around, making us drift aimlessly?.. These are legitimate questions, and the answer is: our failure to heed the cries of the wise to return us to our glorious classical language.

•• In a time of great need for our classical language; we have become burdened with many tears over what has become of some of our tongues.. we have entered into a silent separation with "classical" that widens as time goes by, like a pool of water whose circles expand.. I do not understand the reason behind some TV and radio presenters' insistence on speaking in the local colloquial dialect.. and I also do not understand why some of us insist on using foreign expressions instead of our original language.

•• The obsession of some with introducing foreign terms has placed us on soft sands that have quietly swallowed us without resistance.. As long as we keep the doors closed to the entry of those foreign terms; we will get used to bending our heads before the storms of the alienation of our Arabic language and dialect.. And as long as we force ourselves to remain silent in the face of the tyranny of the "alienation" of our Arabic language; our disappointment will turn into defeat that will gradually lead to weakness.. So, will we abandon those gray threads?!

The classical language between manifestation and abandonment:

Why do we color our faces with dialects far from dignity?

And why did we respond to the dust of foreign terms?

And why did we unleash ourselves in the streets of "colloquialism," leading to our destruction?

So when will we abandon those gray threads?