The Arab-Islamic Identity Problem in the Digital Age

Abstract

Objectives: The study addresses the issue of Arab-Islamic identity in the digital age by examining specific associated topics such as modernism, legacy, and globalization. This study has two primary hypotheses: the first is that the "Arab" identity is an "Arab-Islamic" identity, and the second is that the Arab-Islamic identity may participate in the digital era without being alienated or estranged from its legacy. Accordingly, the research attempts to investigate the state of the digital era and its impact on Arab-Islamic identity and reformulate and answer the question of identity by presenting a model that depicts the Arab-Islamic identity's belonging areas.

Methods: The research employs analytical and deconstructive methodologies because of its scientific and philosophical nature. The research analyzes and evaluates the main concepts of the topic under study using both approaches, then deconstructs them to find relationships and inconsistencies between them. The basic ideas of Set theory were also utilized in the research to construct the proposed model.

Results: The study found that the problem of Arab identity in today's digital era has recently taken new directions due to the emergence of the Arab individual's many identities. There is a growing separation between a digital identity on the Internet dominated by modernity and globalization and an identity steeped in Arab and Islamic tradition and closely connected with history and heritage. 

Conclusions: The study finds that, despite this digital shift, Arab-Islamic identity can resume active participation in human civilization without ignoring its history and by comprehending the scope of its sense of belonging.