Such a stark contrast is a clear representation of the search to find a neutral solution to the problematic struggle between the retention of traditional practices and the homogenising tendencies of globalisation.
Human Being's illustration of the rural migration to urban areas is indicative of colonial conquest's influence throughout the third world. If colonialism is the political, economic and cultural domination of one culture over another with the forced change of indigenous societies in favour of the dominant power structure, then Ibrahim Shaddad's Human Being has clearly been heavily influenced by colonialisms hegemonic aspirations. .
The migration of the rural population to urban areas is an ever-increasing trend throughout the third world. This trend can be traced back to the initial colonial relationship between the colonised and coloniser throughout the third world, and the ensuing post-colonial and neo-colonial eras. .
Such mass exodus, results in the interests of the colonised being marginalised to further subordinate their resources in order to benefit the society of the colonised. For example, the forced movement of those in rural areas whose livelihood is sustained by subsistence farming in order to make way for commodity crops.
Following the aftermath of post-colonialism the majority of the third world has undertaken an arduous journey, one that will never cease and shall continue until the end of mankind itself. Much of the third world is on a path towards the finding of oneself, in order to forge an independent identity free from the years of cultural repression and colonial influence. This fight for a national identity liberated from the constraints of the colonial era is highly problematic and can be extremely hard to achieve success within, and can totally exhaust resources both economically and politically within the newly independent state.
Now with the emerging situation becoming one that requires liberation, film becomes a weapon.