Description

Book details

Author: Yasser Hareb

Language: Arabic

An introduction that takes you beyond the ordinary
A reflective text that approaches life from unfamiliar angles, revealing how “choices” are made and how they turn into a way of life… without us noticing.
Are our options real?
The new slavery
Organized chaos

The idea of ​​the text
From a Tom Hanks movie scene about “Starbucks” to Picasso paintings , the text offers a clever projection onto our modern lives: speed, many choices that may not be real, and the imposed respect for things we don’t know why we revere.

Main themes

Starbucks as a mirror of speed
A fast-paced lifestyle… even coffee is prepared in a hurry, and passed without conversation so as not to disrupt the “flow” of the place.

Many options… but are they real?
Real choices are what we make ourselves, while fake ones are what are made for us… and yet we enjoy them unconsciously.

Picasso and the imposed prestige
“Forced” admiration because “experts” said so… as if rejection is an accusation of lack of taste and creativity.

The new slavery
When a person enslaves himself, and enjoys his enslavement, believing that darkness will lead him to light… especially if he is “colorful”.

Summary
The text suggests that Starbucks and Picasso are examples of organized chaos that assigns value to things that may not be worth it, forcing us to adopt new principles and then believe them… however bitter they may be. Nevertheless, we still have the choice to accept or reject them, but we often fail to recognize this fact.

Message from the next pages
The following pages say what has not yet been said… about man and life, about what unites them and what separates them—they tell us, and they tell about us.