{"id":2394,"date":"2025-10-05T13:45:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T10:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/?p=2394"},"modified":"2026-03-01T14:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:40:34","slug":"a-perspective-on-the-designation-of-the-national-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/posts\/2394","title":{"rendered":"A Perspective on the Designation of the National Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Firas Tariq Makkiya<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Day in the modern state serves as a primary symbol of national identity, unifying the diverse segments of society around the symbolism of a pivotal historical moment within the collective memory. This occasion evokes the core of a shared history that binds these components together, establishing a foundation for a common future and destiny. Indeed, a shared future constitutes the vital essence of national identity, yet it remains unsustainable unless anchored in a collective history embodied by the National Day. Therefore, the selection of this day must be executed with precision to facilitate the construction of a unified narrative that defines the state\u2019s identity. Accordingly, the selection process must adhere to specific fundamental criteria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/36.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To read more click here<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arabic Version: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/posts\/3430\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.baidarcenter.org\/?p=3430<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firas Tariq Makkiya The National Day in the modern state serves as a primary symbol of national identity, unifying the diverse segments of society around the symbolism of a pivotal historical moment within the collective memory. This occasion evokes the core of a shared history that binds these components together, establishing a foundation for a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"coauthors":[345],"class_list":["post-2394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398,"href":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394\/revisions\/2398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2394"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baidarcenter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}