Whenever more than one person plan to accomplish any task no matter what, it is bound to have more than one way to do it. No two minds are alike and differences in opinion are expected regardless how compatible or how synergized a group is.
However, what matters is how leaders react in face of the other opinion and what consequences might come out from taking these disagreements beyond what they are. History books are filled with countless acts of incongruities that lead to major disasters.
Unfortunately, even with this matter disparities exist. The higher societies are on the civilization totem pole, the more different their response is towards the other side.
Civilized societies with an acceptable level of democracy (since true democracy only exists in Utopia) no matter how passionate they are about their point of view, and regardless how strong they feel about their opinion, and no matter how loud and aggressive they will voice their dismay with the final decision; at the end of the day come together as one and work on the plan as it is determined by the majority.
Some societies are still operating in the "I, Myself and Me" mode where "everything should be done my way and if you don't like it then I am taking my toys and leaving the sand box" or "I will sabotage the whole thing if I am not leading it". Sadly, many of our Arab societies fall within this category and if the recent events sweeping the Arab World from Tripoli to Baghdad taught us anything, it is that we are still fixated on the absolute "I and then the flood".
We as Arab Americans are not immune to this. We let our differences dictate how we function. Even sometimes when the cause is so noble, we allow disagreements to diminish any chance of success. This is neither a secret nor an overstatement. We all know what an effective power we can be if we speak with one voice. Others have mastered this and are reaping the benefits for ages while we still ponder whether we should get involved or not to or "what's in it for me".
NAAMA should and must speak with one voice. We can still have our agreements, our differences, our arguments and screaming matches, it is a sign of healthy democracy, but at the end of the day, we should join as one united for the ultimate goal.
There is no other way around it; otherwise we will not exist as individual "I"s.
Mouhanad
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