In His sublime name

On Esfand 22nd there was another discussion by the topic of "cultural duality". A topic whichstarted from a class discussion that we had, "what are Iranian families' problems?". The onlineconference began at 22:30 as usual during which 6 people participated. At the very beginning, the discussion handler who was Mr. Goodarzi asked the participants to share a definition theymight think of, regarding the topic. First Mr. Ghadiri started and said the difference we seeinside and outside of Iranian families makes such a duality. Then it was time for Mr. Salimiwho had no idea of defining the topic whereas Mr. Darvishi explained it in more detail byspeaking about TV and Iranian national Channels and the impacts they impose on Iranian people.There was another participant who was typing his ideas because of the technical problem he had, Mr. Gholamhosseini. When all the participants left their definitions, the above mentioned discussion handler invited Mr. Barkhordar who was a major in the field of translation studies. His first opinion was about the origin of cultural duality which, as he said, was allocated to the relationship a country may have with other countries. Then Mr. Ghadiri had an example of such a relationship that triggered the idea of media influence brought by Mr. Barkhordar. The example Mr. Ghadiri put forward was Turkish films and their effect on Iranian people. After such an example, although Mr. Salimi had no idea for the second time, Mr. Darvishi left a seemingly challengeable idea which made a brainstorm among the participant. The idea was the effort Iran's ENEMIES make to cause cultural duality to be broken out all over the society. No one agreed upon such an idea and when Mr. Salimi answered the question about middle-eastern versions of Hollywood films, Mr. Darvishi found an opportunity for defence when he talked about Hollywood capitalists' goal for such a decision. Then for another origin of such a phenomenon Mr. Barkhordar talked about pieces of technology such as cellphones and the culture that must be transferred to a country like Iran before the time the people use them. The last origin mentioned was government which was Mr. Ghadiri's viewpoint. There was also a talk among the participants about the target of cultural duality ongoing when the discussion handler encountered a technical problem and lost his internet connection. Thus, the conference finished at 23:10 while it was supposed to last till 23:30. Although there was no wrap up phase, one may have his/her own conclusion. For me the topic shows the importance of next generation's culture. On the one hand, I prefer to make myself ready facing such a phenomenon, before it happens dangerously; and on the other hand I try to warn others to avoid the negative consequences.