“I want my right”…

In his story “I want my right” (which was turned into a cinematic film), writer Tariq Abdel Jalil paints an accurate and painful picture of the state of people, especially youth, as a result of the destitution, poverty, and need that has afflicted society and weakened its foundations. The accuracy of the writer’s treatment then became evident when he embodied it through the knowledge of the needy “poor” citizen (Saber) that there is an article in the constitution that talks about public ownership and the right of every citizen to it, so this citizen decides to work on solving his financial distress by “selling his right” in that ownership. Anyone who looks at the state of our nation today, from its east to its west, will find that most of its children live in abject poverty and destitution. This situation has negatively affected all aspects and facets of people’s lives, especially the youth, the hope and future of this nation. This vital element of the nation, which still possesses energy and vitality, pays a heavy price to secure its needs, especially in its early years, which has made this important group lost and unable to achieve its simplest requirements. The undeniable truth is that our countries are not poor, nor are they barren or sterile in their wealth. Rather, the established truth is that those who manage the affairs of these countries are the ones who created the reality of destitution and poverty by plundering wealth and granting privileges to colonial powers to appease them. So, the party that paid the price was the people of the country. Our nation is scorched by the fire of poverty and burns on the embers of deprivation, while it possesses blessings that would make it live in the utmost luxury. Therefore, people in our countries are deprived of the blessings of their countries by an active agent and a deliberate policy. If they had taken their right in public ownership alone, it would have been enough for them, and it would have brought people out of this dark situation into a state of ease and stability. Since our poverty, destitution, and tragic, miserable situation are not the result of an “emergency misdemeanor,” but rather the result of policies aimed at keeping people running after a loaf of bread and thinking of nothing else, people must move to seize their usurped right and achieve complete liberation that restores authority to the principle and sovereignty to the nation, to live in the highest degrees of comfortable and prosperous living.