Al Saud.. Cultural homogenization by denying the identity of the people of Hijaz.
Saut al-Nas”, racist actions in Saudi Arabia have expanded with the rise to power of “Mohammed bin Salman” and the intensity of the nationalist fascist wave has increased under the umbrella of the Saudi government’s support.
Saut al-Nas (Voice of the People), an organ of the opposition National Rally Party, added that after the tweet of Turki Al-Sheikh, the head of the Saudi Entertainment and Entertainment Institute, the country’s social networks faced widespread controversy. In this tweet, Al-Sheikh criticized the presence of a Among the participants in the art competition with the traditional dress of the famous Hijaz people, he went to “Al-Ghabaneh”.
He had previously announced that he would not agree to the presence of any team or recreational activity with this dress because, according to him, “this dress is not a symbol of Hijaz’s identity and is foreign to us and represents a distortion of history.”
Saut al-Nas wrote: In addition to these controversial statements, several campaigns have been formed in support of Al-Sheikh’s position and considered his statements to support the national identity. Meanwhile, these campaigns are led by figures close to the Saudi government, and cyber activists supported by the Saudi government are present alongside the Saudi fascists who call themselves the “national current”.
On the other hand, Hijazi communities strongly condemned this racist attack against their cultural identity and the efforts made to marginalize and destroy their rich heritage and expressed their anger at such actions.
Hijazi identity has been known for many years with its intellectual, religious, cultural and social diversity and their authentic heritage and the compromise and coexistence that governs the relations of its tribes.
According to Saut al-Nas, the noteworthy point is that most of those who attacked the Hijazi identity and claim to protect the identity of their tribes, were not residents of these areas at all and have nothing to do with this issue, and perhaps something from the Hijazi society, the structure They don’t know its diversity and history and they only try to destroy this culture, history and heritage based on the principle of “us or them”. Apparently, according to them, culture is a common color for a single group that should be extended to everyone, otherwise, anything other than that is considered foreign and should be prevented. This is the fascist view of cultural, tribal and identity issues.
