This issue is quite resonant in the Middle East, where the basic choice is sometimes presented as embracing a sterile brand of modernity or slipping back into the Middle Ages.

• 这也是中东的重要问题，这个地区的发展有时被呈现成只有两个基本选择，要嘛拥抱一种枯瘠死气的现代风格，要嘛往后退回中世纪。