At the heart of every successful political system, an unwritten social contract beats: the state promises stability and opportunities, and the citizen gives it legitimacy and obedience. But in many parts of the Arab world, this contract is no longer solid as it was. Rather, its cracks have become visible and audio, and perhaps fatal of confidence.
Governments speak in the language of development and development, while the citizen lives a diary that is burdened with the high cost of living and unemployment. With the passage of time, the gap expides between what is said and what is accomplished, and the citizen – especially the youth – begins to withdraw from the applause scene, to the area of anticipation, silence, then doubt.
It is true that some Arab countries have witnessed economic leaps, but these successes were not reflected in justice for everyone. The distribution of opportunities remained limited, and patronage took control of the joints of employment and development.
The ambitious initiatives often end in the media facades, while the daily needs of the simple citizen are ignored. On the other hand, the citizen is required to endure and be patient, while he sees budgets heading to projects whose impact on his chances of work or mitigating his burdens or monthly wage. A generation connected to memory and does not forget: Arab youth are no longer a generation that can be overcome or marginalized. It is a generation that documents, analyzes, and re -publishes every promise and is not executed, and every discourse. His memory is not individual, but a digital group.
With the retreat of everyone who highlights the manifestations of palaces and the contraction of civil society, social media has become accountable platforms, but unfortunately it does not have an alternative … Rather, it reflects the fragility of reality as it is.
Reconstruction of the contract: Confidence is not restored by press data, but rather transparency and recognition. Countries need a new contract based on partnership, not guardianship. A contract that recognizes the defect, does not deny. It opens the doors of opportunities for everyone, not only for the elite. Activating social justice does not beautify it, and the energies of youth are launched instead of besieging them in waiting lists.
The cornerstone of the cornerstone: not only for the state to be rich, but that the citizen feels that he is a real partner in this wealth. Wealth that is not distributed turns into a political and moral burden. The country that builds projects without human beings feel affiliate, builds a glass palace in the thirst desert.
The region does not only need an urban renaissance … but rather a new social contract. A contract that is not betting on silence, but rather to participate. And loyalty is not paid to promises, but rather connects belonging to justice and results. If confidence is broken, it is difficult to restore. There are no countries that settle if the gap between it and its citizens expands every day.
