In a nation’s collective memory, heritage and lived experience do not sit side by side. They fuse. They form an identity that cannot be erased and a leadership that does not easily lose its footing. On Saudi National Day 96, which will be marked on Sept. 23, the slogan “Our pride is in our nature” returns with new force. It reminds us that the dignity of nations is not borrowed. It grows from a clear understanding of who they are — and from the skill of turning a civilizational inheritance into
