Dr. Benkheira Nadjib2022-11-232022-11-232020-12http://dspace.univ-msila.dz:8080//xmlui/handle/123456789/34804History, why do we write it and who writes it? It has become clear in contemporary culture that caring for the past is not like remembering events that have passed and gone, and there is no census of names that have gone and gone, and not an intellectual luxury used by pastors who look at the present with a dark, look .. In an era in which the curricula were numerous, the visions varied, and the references differed in it .... There must be a clear scientific position based on firm principles that highlight the right approach in writing history, and the characteristics of who writes it, because in the absence of the curriculum the energies are scattered, efforts fragment, and intolerance intensifies Effectiveness diminishes, and bidding weakens. And the contemporary generation possesses the tools of research, the methods of consideration, the mechanisms of investigation, and the means of communication, which makes it able to re-read its history away from the condescending view that characterized the tendency of orientalists who wrote dark papers about the history of the Arabs and their prosperous Islamic civilization … This article highlights these meanings in the following axes: 1- Historical knowledge: laying the foundations. 2- Why do we record history? 3- Who writes history?historical knowledge, history writing, awareness of history, characteristics of the historian, -Islamic civilizationArticle