The reader of this book knows who we mean by the name Arabs in ancient history. They are those ancestors who spoke Arabic, of which there was no other Arabic in the world five thousand years ago. Today, they are succeeded by this name by all speakers of the ḍād who share one heritage and are linked by one fate, whenever the peoples are distinguished by their destinies in the fields of thought, work and society.
The best statement about the position of the Arab world today is that it is an attitude in which it is good to look to tomorrow, just as it is good to look to yesterday, and pride in fathers is not limited to hope in children.
Abbas Mahmoud Al-Akkad