Culture and its Role in Preserving Identity

Abstract

We seek through this research; to highlight the important and pivotal role that culture plays in preserving identity; This is because the concept of identity expresses unity and constancy, while the concept of culture carries the meaning of diversity, difference and change, which highlights the problematic nature of the relationship between culture and identity, and prompts us to try to remove the ambiguity surrounding the subject. With an analytical vision, we conclude that it is impossible to separate culture and identity, and that identity is formed by the effectiveness of culture, and because the latter has its variables and constants, it must prove its effectiveness and its ability to preserve its constants. Represented in the language that is the echo of the spirit of the nation and expresses its originality, and the religion that is for Muslims the basis of their being, the spirit of their civilization and its engine, and the history that is the record of the nation, and the collection .of its glories and memories. Thus, culture can preserve its privacy, and express its originality, distinction and stability in a changing world