Sectarianism In The Arab World

Jokes are exclusive on particular cultures, every culture has its own inside joke that only a specific people can understand it and comprehend with it. This cartoon provokes sectarianism in the Arab world and make fun of it; This will make Sectarian individuals feel for their discrimination in a way that is not so obvious. This problem did not always exist in the Arab world, but it came in the 19th century with western colonization that used the logic divide and rule to conquer the people. Usually sectarianism and bigotry are strategies used to divide the nation and to wake any ethnics and religious differences and make them conscious about it. In some Arab countries there is intolerance and hate among some religious sects …show more content…
Across the time bias has become a long existed problem among the Arabs or “in the Arab world” in general. Nevertheless, it has got inflamed in the last descend one of the reasons is the Arab Spring and it continues to be a problem. Maybe people from another cultural background do not acquire further understanding concerning how Muslim groups like the Sunnis, Shiites, Alawites and Druze are diverse and the attitudes of people to different ethnical groups that may contain prejudice and favoritism. Though they may understand the Christian groups differences, because it’s a very known religion in numerous and distinctive cultures around the world. Yet, when he said “Coptic or Maronite” I am not sure if they will comprehend, since Coptic and Maronite are Middle eastern Christian …show more content…
I suppose you have to be an Arabic if you want to understand it, considering he is representative of something very valuable for the Arabs. In order to understand Handala, people must understand the cartoonist that created him, according to Naji Al-Ali (Handala maker): “The child Handala is my signature, everyone asks me about him wherever I go. I gave birth to this child in the Gulf and I presented him to the people. His name is Handala and he has promised the people that he will remain true to himself. I drew him as a child who is not beautiful; his hair is like the hair of a hedgehog who uses his thorns as a weapon. Handala is not a fat, happy, relaxed, or pampered child. He is barefooted like the refugee camp children, and he is an icon that protects me from making mistakes. Even though he is rough, he smells of amber. His hands are clasped behind his back as a sign of rejection at a time when solutions are presented to us the American way. Handala was born ten years old, and he will always be ten years old. At that age, I left my homeland, and when he returns, Handala will still be ten, and then he will start growing up. The laws of nature do not apply to him. He is unique. Things will become normal again when the homeland returns. I presented him to the poor and named him Handala as a symbol of bitterness. At first, he was a Palestinian child, but his consciousness developed to