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Vol.1 Issue 26, December 2020 ELITE

ZOOM breaks the borders between

Arab countries

Ahmed Adel Alsaudi, Diploma in International Negotiations

During the spread of Corona, lecturers, whether in among them were heads of state, ministers and
universities or training course providers, have given politicians. This matter is at the level of countries,
their lectures through applications such as the ZOOM but what this new technological boom offers,
program. With the success of the experiment, it especially after the Corona crisis, is the availability
became clear that these applications would add to the of this tool in the hands of the people as well. This
concepts of education and training, but these method is also considered a new tool for the so-
applications also highlighted other benefits. In a called soft power, which countries use to deepen
lecture I followed via the ZOOM application, one of their influence and global influence, but there will
the participants from an Arab country posed a be a difference or distinction that it will be a tool in
question to the lecturer. I was surprised that the the hands of countries that are academically and
dialect was completely understood to me. And I scientifically superior, meaning that it will become a
wondered what is different from me as an Egyptian, (comparative advantage) owned by countries
not only as a language but also as a culture, and the without others. This new tool can also be used in the
answer that occurred to my mind was (there is no big Arab world by organizations such as the League of
difference), And although the instructor was Egyptian, Arab States through the scientific institutes of the
I noticed that the participants represented almost all university in which students from all Arab countries

Arab countries, What came to my mind at this study to create an Arab scientific and cultural
moment is that ZOOM has broken the illusory borders communication that strengthens the Arab popular
between Arab countries,and that this tool could be association. This new method will achieve new
used positively for academic, professional and cultural Arab communication, as the expertise and
communication and interaction between Arab peoples, competencies that were difficult to benefit from
as well as Islamic peoples, whose citizens some of within a single state are now easily available to all
their citizens speak Arabic. Arab scientific Arab peoples. Those who are now following any
communication has existed for many decades, and activity through the applications of Zoom will
Arab academics, especially Egyptians, have notice a diverse Arab presence. But the question is:
contributed to establishing fully educational systems If the language and culture are one, then does Zoom
in several Arab countries. On the contrary, many Arab succeed in achieving Arab integration even in
students moved to university and post-university cyberspace.
studies in Arab capitals, especially in Cairo, and

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