Abdelhakim Hazaqa - Algeria
Since the dawn of the first breakthrough on February 22, the movement of Algeria has been a moment of inspiration for creativity, where the painters 'fingers showed enchanting portraits, and the poets' poetry faded out of patriotic poems, as protesters made superhuman epics and weaved slogans and scenes in political expression.
In preparation for the upcoming Algiers International Book Fair later this month, a prominent group of Algerian intellectuals, writers, historians, media and researchers, chose to include the facts of the popular movement, with its events, ideas, demands and prospects, a material for their new titles, which bore the name of "the movement", with sub-additions. According to the processing angles of each author.
Responsible intellectual
"The national intellectual cannot remain idle in the face of his country's events, especially when it is felt that there are those who are trying to destroy what he contributed to building over half a century after he contributed even a little effort to liberate him," said former Minister of Culture Mohieddin Amimour. ".
He told Al-Jazeera that "the organizational cultural vacuum is a bitter reality, which is left only to confront the individual effort, which has doubled with the wonderful popular movement, especially when someone began trying to ride his wave or twist his destination."
"I have written more than two articles a week. I will compile them in a book whose title will not be released until it is completed."
For his part, the poet Omar Azraj said that his book "The Diary of the Popular Movement" is not an echo or just a professional coverage of the uprising in Algeria since February 22, but is a continuation of his involvement in criticizing the situation of Algeria during the 34 years of his presence in Britain in the international media.
He explained to Al-Jazeera, regarding the general orientation of the content of the book, that it is a criticism of the inertia of unilateralism in the Algerian political experience, in view of it as a cultural, intellectual and moral impediment in the first place, and as a production and presentation of the bankruptcy of the Algerian regime's bet on bastard capitalism, which continues to pervade and break the joints of society.
Point of view
For his part, historian Arzki Farrad considered his book "In the shadows of the popular movement" an important document in which he presented his views on this event, which is a major turning point in the history of modern Algeria.
"It is only natural that I embrace the peaceful February 22 revolution as a citizen as long as I dreamed of getting rid of the logic of the state of persons to move to a state of democratic institutions," he told the island.
"I participated in the noisy rallies in the Algerian capital in attendance, and contributed to the glorification of this revolution by accompanying it with weekly articles, and then came the idea of combining it in a book to present generations and my view as a historian and educated in the event."
For his part, journalist Mohamed Bouazara stressed that no politician or intellectual did not interact with the movement in Algeria. He lives on the sidelines of events. He added, "The movement of the people has awakened all the inhabitants. How can I not react to this popular revolution? I am part of this rebellious people. How can I disassociate itself from it and not express its mobility, ambitions and concerns?"
Regarding the content of his book "From the Political Thing to the Popular Movement," Bouazara said that he has monitored the tracks of the Algerian movement since its inception, and is also a warning to anyone who wants to lead this people in the future to warn in their practices and behaviors not to offend the leadership, and to turn political morality into Their effects may eventually be devastating.
Impressionist writing
However, philosopher Boumediene Bouzid envisions that most analyzes of "collective mobility" are impressions and testimonies, or the attempt of second-generation sociologists in Algeria to drop previous analyzes of the events of October 1988 on a popular gift that took an ideological turn, or is read according to perceptions of Change and revolution.
He explained to Al Jazeera that the fascinating character lends emotion and enthusiasm to texts that are closer to "Impressionist Media Writing". He said that the historical event is characterized by momentum, rapid change and bypassing the norms in historical and social laws, hence theorizing and thinking about it comes after the "unexpected event", where it was Most social and political theories take time to understand and interpret.
Nevertheless, he asserts that it may establish scientific knowledge that goes beyond subjectivity and opportunistic alignment and constitutes the raw material of social, political and psychological knowledge to understand Algerian affairs, inspired by methodological developments in the study of revolutions and uprisings.
Although many cultural elites such as writers and novelists have warned that the silence of the people will not last, the timing and magnitude of the movement was surprising to them, including the voice of novelist Kamal Daoud, who accompanied the movement in writing and criticism, as well as writer Yasmina Khadra and others such as novelist Said Khatibi, Amin Zawi and philosopher Mohamed. Shawki Zein and others.
Observers say that the era of Bouteflika's rule led to the desertification of the cultural scene in Algeria and diminished the voice of creativity, and although the movement did not know the leadership of intellectuals "avant-garde" has witnessed the participation of some of the street, whether in the presence of mass events or accompanied by writing and creativity.