Wanis Kabbaj: How nationalism and globalism can coexist
ونيس قباج: كيف يمكن أن تتعايش القومية والعولمية
UPS's Wanis Kabbaj works at the intersection of biology and transportation. Full bio
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the word "nationalist" on Twitter.
على تويتر.
"Emboldened Racist Moron," --
"Socialist Sell-Outs,"
"اشتراكيون خونة"
the words are cruel and disgusting.
فهذه الكلمات قاسية ومقززة.
of one of the most fundamental questions
أحد أكثر الأسئلة الجوهرية
what is the best path forward?
ما هو السبيل نحو الأمام؟
everything we care about:
على كل ما نعتبره مهمًّا بالنسبة لنا:
of our planet -- everything.
a "devotion to one's nation,"
"‘إخلاص الفرد لوطنه"،
national interests
are built on national grounds:
على أسس قومية:
and we defend each other.
وندافع عن بعضنا البعض.
sensible way to maintain social stability.
الوحيد للحفاظ على الاستقرار الاجتماعي.
can easily turn ugly.
إلى ما لا تحمد عقباه.
immeasurable destruction.
defines it as:
of economic and foreign policy
is rapidly deconstructing
فالعولمية تهدم بوتيرة سريعة
to foreign invasions.
that reinforcing our global governance
أن تعزيز حكامتنا العولمية
big supernational problems,
لمواجهة المشاكل القومية العويصة،
in this question.
when I saw this happening:
in Western democracies
في الأنظمة الديمقراطية الغربية
this isn't theory anymore.
have built their success with ideas
losing my French citizenship
فقداني لجنسيتي الفرنسية
back home to the US
لمنزلي في الولايات المتحدة
a Muslim-majority country.
your government will always protect you,
أن الحكومة ستحميك دائمًا،
that my government can hurt me
أن حكومتي يمكن أن تؤذيني
and try to think deeper.
ومحاولة التفكير بعمق أكثر.
questioning the question.
between nationalism and globalism,
بين القومية والعولمية،
and caring for the world?
between family and country
and we live with them very well.
ونتعايش معها بشكل جيد
between country and world?
بين الوطن والعالم؟
this absurd choice,
this dangerous, binary thinking?
هذا التفكير المزدوج والخطير؟
what image comes to your mind?
that for most people,
أنه وبالنسبة لغالبية الأشخاص،
an obscure Olympic sport on TV --
برنامج رياضة أولمبياد غامض على التلفاز ...
wearing your national colors
for that athlete to win.
national community.
you may think of nationalism
that is destined to fade.
ومآلها الزوال.
that the facts are not on your side.
ليست في صفكم.
asked more than 89,000 people
أكثر من 000 89 شخص
or "quite proud" --
أو "فخور إلى حدٍّ ما"...
going away anytime soon.
ويبدو أنها ستبقى كذلك لمدة طويلة من الزمن.
that, according to another study,
of individual happiness.
correlated with national satisfaction
مرتبطة بمستوى رضاك عن وطنك
like household income
مثل الدخل الأسري
for humanistic reasons.
لأسباب إنسانية.
in some of its accomplishments since 1945.
have been exceptionally peaceful;
قد عاشت مناطق كبرى من العالم في سلام؛
the globe are trending down;
most notably in Asia,
in their standards of living.
في مستويات معيشتهم.
that globalization has a dark side.
أن العولمية لها جانب مظلم.
in Western middle classes
من الطبقات المتوسطة في الغرب
for more than two decades,
لأكثر من عقدين من الزمن،
according to some studies.
this elephant in our room.
would be better used
of globalization,
هذا الجانب من العولمية،
against nationalism.
nonbinary nuggets for you.
what comes to your mind?
واحد بالمائة بلوتوقراطي؟
greedy Wall Street type, right?
المنحدر من وول ستريت، أليس كذلك؟
with multiple origins,
Values Survey that I mentioned earlier?
التي ذكرت سابقا؟
agreed with the statement,
على التصريح التالي:
proud of our country
show a higher level of national pride
مستوى من الفخر القومي
doesn't mean betraying your country.
لا يعني خيانة وطنك.
enough social empathy,
من التعاطف الاجتماعي،
your national borders.
into my own nationalist feelings,
the globalized world
what makes us special,
I realized something really strange,
أدركت شيئا غريبًا جدًّا،
of our national identities
في هوياتنا القومية
our national borders.
من خارج حدودنا القومية.
that we use every day.
alphabet that we use
into an elegant hieroglyph.
by a Semite in the Sinai
and reached the European shores in Greece,
إلى سواحل أوروبا في اليونان،
became our letter A.
that became bet, beta and B.
الذي تحول إلى بيت و"بيتا"، ثم B.
that became daleth, delta and D.
التي أصبحت دالث و"دلتا"، ثم D.
are full of Egyptian cows,
not a single word of English.
لا توجد بها أي كلمة بالإنجليزية.
in New York in the mid-19th century.
خلال منتصف القرن 19.
as a self-contained civilization,
accidentally discovered by the British."
اكتشفها البريطانيون صدفة".
of what we love in our national traditions
التي نحبها بخصوص تقاليدنا القومية
waves of globalization.
there are whole national traditions
هناك مجموعة من التقاليد القومية
without globalization.
is a world-beloved national tradition:
محبوب في جميع أرجاء العالم:
Italian restaurant
in the eighth century,
no creamy cappuccino --
ولا كابتشينو بالكريمة...
via Yemen in the 17th century.
عبر اليمن خلال القرن 17.
لاوجود لبيتزا نابوليتانا المثالية...
no perfect pizza Napoletana --
the tomatoes of the New World?
probably a lot of porridge,
على الكثير من حساء الشعير،
cabbage -- some cheese,
خلال ذلك الوقت...
preserved by fanatic watchdogs.
يحفظه المراقبون.
street sellers and innovative home cooks.
وباعة متجولون وطهاة مبدعون.
globalization is a chance
questioned, regenerated, reinterpreted,
وإعادة إحيائها وتأويلها
to stay vibrant and relevant over time.
وتواكب العصر.
in the world are globalists,
in the world are nationalists.
in our national traditions
بخصوص تقاليدنا الوطنية
outside our national borders
national traditions.
هذه التقاليد الوطنية الأخرى.
nationalism and globalism.
How can we do both better?
كيف يمكننا ممارسة كليهما بطريقة أفضل؟
for a complex world
nonbinary solutions.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Wanis Kabbaj - Transportation geekUPS's Wanis Kabbaj works at the intersection of biology and transportation.
Why you should listen
As the director of global strategy for healthcare logistics at UPS, Wanis Kabbaj finds ways for organizations to transport their temperature-sensitive medicines and biotechnologies safely around the world. For more than 16 years, Kabbaj's professional engagements have always revolved around transportation and innovation. Some of his ventures involved helping EADS Astrium use its satellite space transportation expertise in unexpected markets or participating in the global launch of Logan, a revolutionary low-cost vehicle, that helped Renault-Nissan harness a surprising growth in emerging markets.
Kabbaj is a dual citizen of Morocco and France and lived in four continents. Experiencing constant cultural transitions throughout his life gave him a real taste for analyzing problems through non-traditional lenses and blending disciplines that are usually kept separate.
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