OUR PYRAMID’S STREET

I did not watch TV during this holy month of Ramadan except for the Maghrib Azan and to watch the football match between Kuwait Club and Kazma Club. But I was attracted by a video clip sent to me via WhatsApp by my friend, Nassar Al-Khalidi, commenting on a comic TV show. Before I respond and comment on Bou Suleiman’s comment, I would like to first talk about this person who is always smiling and has good manners in speech. He is a distinguished journalist, a veteran political and electoral analyst. Even if he is sometimes shattered by our orientations and points of view, he is still one of the most tolerant people and accepts others’ opinions. That is why I decided to comment on several points he brought up. I may clarify some points of what he said, such as “what is happening is not a matter of coincidence or a flop, it is an attempt to reach Kuwaiti society from the inside.” I tried to convey this point as much as possible. Here, I am wondering about that systematic plan. Who is behind it? Is it countries? Or parties? Or groups? Or individuals? Or is it, as usual, the conspiracy theory to which we attach all of our problems, and I believe that our media’s opposition to this series has done its producers a great service by shedding light on it, to the point where those who haven’t watched it are gasping to do so. If we assume that there is a systematic plan, I think that it began after the Iraqi invasion and is in the hands of a succession of ministers and agents of the Ministry of Education. They destroyed the educational curricula and emptied their materials, so the Arabic language was lost, and half of the students became, without exaggeration, not able to write their names. Such a category won’t be affected by this TV show because they are interested in Netflix and its substances, in addition to what YouTube provides them in harmful content videos. It is not only language that has been lost, but also history, culture, and patriotic education. Unfortunately, our society is groaning about the loss of identity and future vision. Is it possible that some people disagree on the Club House platform, meeting in the street and fighting with bladed weapons? Let us see the output of our society from some of its representatives in Parliament, and let our ears be filled with unworthy words and insults. Above all of that, they ask the Minister of Media and threaten him with accountability, knowing that he has no authority over the TV show, and that taking any action against Kuwaiti actors illegally is unconstitutional. I hoped that they would see what the country had become as a result of their presence in Parliament. Our society, Bou Suleiman, is not promising, and is full of bribery and corruption. Bou Suleiman said, “These acts aim to instill immorality in Kuwaiti society.” No one can deny that obscenity existed in the first place for those who searched for it, as our society had good and bad examples like any other society in the world. I’m curious about the abundance of liquor and drugs in Kuwait: who obtains them and who consumes them. I wonder about some chalets, apartments, and farms that were called (suspicious.” To whom do they belong and who goes there? This in itself is enough material for a thousand TV shows. Dear Bou Suleiman, the crack is deep, and we should not ignore the matter. Before concluding my article, I want to comment on Bou Suleiman’s praise for Kuwait TV, and I think that the first to be blamed for these regressive TV shows are those who followed the Ministry of Media, including ministers and undersecretaries. Poor Kuwait TV, which has been neglected, has become a waste of fine art and Kuwaiti creativity without any spectators except the little ones. Kuwaiti writers and actors went abroad, and it became possible for foreign investors to produce Kuwaiti TV shows. So, what is the expected result?

In conclusion, thank you Bou Suleiman for your patience, and I repeat, our case will not be better unless we start with the youth by instilling in them morals and citizenship, the good choice of our parliament members, reform our curricula, and restore our language and culture to their luster, or our Pyramid Street won’t be different from their Pyramid Street.

Stay safe.