The Arab world

What is this Arab world? What is wrong with it?
Even though i've lived in it for most of my life, i have yet to grasp what exactly is holding it back, causing it to lag so far behind the rest world.
Could it be tradition? Religion? Rigid mentalities? Paranoia? I don't know. I would think that it is a combination of all these.
Today, Arab leaders are gathering in Algeria. I don't think this is even worth the effort and I know that many agree. These leaders had to have their foreign ministers meet in advance and agree on everything before they themselves hold their summit.
I find this laughable. The leaders want to meet, but they do not want to disagree. I guess all they want to do is sit, have a smoke and talk about the good old days when no one paid attention to how they treated their people.
A bunch of medieval rulers gather to discuss the same issues every year.
Maybe this year we'll see another comic exchange bertween Libyan and Saudi rulers. Rulers, they are still called rulers for goodness sake.
A nice little medieval enclave.
Too bad for these rulers that the modern world has finally realized how dangerous it was to ignore it.
Let's see what these rulers are up to.