I watched once a debate with the Algerian caricaturist Dilem. The debate was on a French channel and I remember I was struck by the difference in style, technics and construction between Dilem and the other French guests. And though Dilem had some good arguments, I had the feeling he was just unable to express them and make his point.
I am of course not talking of the way we Algerians talk, using our hands and all the body language stuff. I don’t think this is bad per se and it is probably related to what we call the mediterranean specificity. I am referring to our inability to express ourselves and also to handle a free debate. We lack this culture of dialogue where you are allowed and even encouraged to express yourselves, are listened to and then are given a feedback.
It seems like facing a counter-argument is felt like a personal attack which makes us lose control, and the debate would soon turn into a dialogue of deaf.
This is not specific to the Algerians and the same comment can be applied on the other Arabs. Just watch the many debates on the Arab news channels and you’ll get an idea of what I mean.
A recent Kuwaiti study gave the below results.
أظهرت دراسة علمية كويتية أن 70 في المائة من العرب المشاركين في البرامج الحوارية التلفزيونية “لا يتحلون بآداب المقاطعة والحوار كترديد كلمات تنم عن لباقة في الحوار عندما يضطرون الى مقاطعة محدثهم.”
ونقلت صحيفة “القبس” تصريح معد الدراسة الكاتب الكويتي، محمد النغيمش، لوكالة “كونا”، وقال فيه إنه تبين أن الرجال أكثر مقاطعة من النساء بنسبة 88 في المائة مقابل 53 في المائة.
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