The Muslim Council of Elders’ pavilion at the Rabat International Book Fair hosted a seminar titled “Toward a Philosophy for the Age of Wisdom: Reflections on Science, Revelation, and Philosophy,” featuring Dr. Mustafa Hijazi and moderated by Dr. Samir Boudinar, Director of the Al-Hokama Center for Peace Research, and was attended by a group of intellectuals, academics, and media professionals.
The seminar offered an in-depth intellectual reading of Dr. Mustafa Hijazi’s book “Seizing the Wind: Reflections on Science, Revelation, and Philosophy,” one of the latest 2026 publications by Al-Hokama Publishing. The work presents a critical vision of the trajectory of human civilization and explores the possibility of founding a new era grounded in wisdom, regarded as the missing link in a world rapidly advancing toward material and technological superiority at the expense of meaning and humanity.
Dr. Mustafa Hijazi explained that the book serves as an intellectual testimony to the major transformations experienced by humanity across the ages. It traces the evolution of both cosmic and human concepts from prehistoric times through the agricultural, industrial, and information eras, and into the age of artificial intelligence. He cautioned against the erosion of human meaning and the loss of intellectual freedom amid the dominance of technology and the accelerating pace of epistemic change.
Hijazi also emphasized that overcoming the current civilizational crisis requires restoring centrality to the questions of meaning and truth, beginning anew with the fundamental question of “why.” Such a reorientation, he noted, would contribute to redefining the relationship between humanity and science, education, society, the economy, and the media. He stressed that building an “Age of Wisdom” can only be achieved through the integration of revelation, philosophy, and human knowledge—moving beyond the false dichotomy between reason and meaning.
The Muslim Council of Elders is participating at the 31st Rabat International Publishing and Book Fair, which runs until 10 May 2026. The pavilion showcases more than 275 publications in five languages, alongside a diverse program of seminars and cultural and intellectual events aimed at promoting the values of dialogue, tolerance, coexistence, and peace.