When I see the world increasingly losing its humanity, values, and the laws that govern it; when I see the brute force that has come to rule the world and control its destiny; my sadness grows for what we in the Arab world have reached in terms of weakness, division, conflict, and our complete detachment from the means that would enable us to defend our rights and interests—foremost among them, of course, being science, technology, and good governance…

I fear that we have become outside the galaxy, an easy prey…