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	English Section
		It is the revolutionary unity of this age, a unity embraced by the masses and fused with the socialist struggle, nay, its struggle is fused with the experience of the whole nation at this stage.
		In order to safeguard unity against the maneuvering of politicians and their verbal bargaining, and to exclude those whose class and regional interests are farthest from it, (the party) gave it blood and life and gathered around it the popular forces that are loyal to it and capable of accomplishing it.
		Arab unity is approaching and we are now nearer to it than at any other time in the past because it is incorporated in the consciousness of the Arab masses.
	www.al-moharer.net /moh192/quotes_aflaq192.htm (5755 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: The Myth of Arab Unity by Nonie Darwish
		When it comes to admitting wrongdoing, Arab countries are notorious for employing a policy of “don’t-ask don’t-tell.” Through the agency of submissive official media, they flog the fiction of a harmonious Arab unity.
		Atrocities that occur within the Arab “family” are downplayed in favor of a self-serving political charade—“Arab unity”—designed to perpetuate suffering and prevent reform.
		The charade of “Arab Unity” should be seen as an attempt by the Arab media to mask the Arab world’s feelings of inadequacy and hide its unwillingness to compete with the West.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18495 (636 words)

	Arabs
		Arabs are living in an area of 10 million km², with a total population of 250 million.
		Although Arabs originating from the Arab heartland at some time emigrated into all the new territories which today have a population defined as "Arabs," these territories were already peopled by a population far larger than the immigrants.
		Islamism has many elements of Arab unity through its emphasis on the Arab language (from the Koran) as a response to the dominance of Western cultures and Western political systems.
	i-cias.com /e.o/arabs.htm (636 words)

	Arab Charter on Human Rights
		On the Arab level; the atmosphere of war, was suitable for the growth of a national movement, that advocated resistance and liberation, which in turn lead to the independence of a growing number of Arab countries, while at the same time, generated the need to establish a kind of balance between the political powers.
		League of Arab States is an umbrella organization for seventeen specialized agencies, dealing with functions such as maritime transport, civil aviation, economic and social development, educational, cultural, and scientific affairs, monetary policy, broadcasting, and telecommunications.
		On the Arab level, LAS mediation was attempted in a number of crises, such as the Lebanese civil war of 1958, and Jordanian-Palestinian crises of 1970, and conflicts between North and South Yemen, and the early stage of the 1975-1989 Lebanese Civil War, and the Iraq-Kuwait crises.
	www.diplomacy.edu /ArabCharter/league_hist.asp (1378 words)

	BASP
		At the official level: All Arab constitutions which are the fundamental laws of Arab countries, confirm in their articles preface that the peoples of these countries are part of the Arab Nation, and they struggle to achieve the nation comprehensive unity.
		This unity based on the ties of history and language, but it disregarded the exigency of living and economic interests, as well as, the diversity among Arab countries, that led to the appearance of several gaps exploited by the enemies of unity, inside and outside these countries.
		Arab Emirates union/1971/: It took the form of federalism that is a form of cooperation and approach among the Emirates.
	www.baath-party.org /mi/issus_e1.htm (626 words)

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		The reaction of the Arab capitals was mixed: the Jordanians welcomed the British position as it suited Prince Abdallah’s plans for the unity of Greater Syria; the Saudis were doubtful and cautious; the Yemenis ignored it; Iraq, Syria and Lebanon were not enthusiastic about it; and Egypt called for an Egyptian-Sudanese unity.
		The Arab League: Challenges and Achievements: With the UN Partititon Plan for Palestine of 1947, the Arab League held a series of metings concluding in a decision to invite Arab armies to enter Palestine in defending the Palestinian territory which resulted in the first Arab-Jewish war of 1948.
		The Arab League succeeded in establishing a military umbrella headed by an Egyptian general to reorganize and enforce the Arab armies to defend Arab territories and to counter Israeli threats.
	www.passia.org /about_us/MahdiPapers/16-Arab.doc (2369 words)

	Sample Chapter for Dawisha, A.: Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: From Triumph to Despair.
		As a concept, "Arab nationalism" has tended to be used in the literature of Middle Eastern politics and history interchangeably with other terms such as Arabism, Pan-Arabism, and even sometimes Arab radicalism, thus blending the sentiment of cultural proximity with the desire for political action.
		Nasir, after all, led an army of vocal and activist Arab nationalists throughout the length and breadth of the Arab world who believed fervently that the overriding purpose of their political struggle was to return the Arab people to their "natural" condition, united into one sovereign Arab state.
		The reason is self-evident: the desire for, as well as the pursuit of, political unity for the Arabs, which is how Western literature has defined and portrayed pan-Arabism, is incorporated, in the minds and discourse of the Arab nationalists themselves, in the very definition of Arab nationalism itself.
	www.pupress.princeton.edu /chapters/s7549.html (3185 words)

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		He was admired for his rousing support of Arab Nationalism; his domestic social programmes (which, for the first time in Egypt's history, sought to better the lot of the peasant majority); his dramatic nationalization of the Suez Canal; and also because of Egypt's heroic stand against the British invasion.
		Pan Arab unity became the overriding theme of the Arab world from the late 1950s up to 1967 and Nasser became its chief advocate and spokesman.
		However, the greatest symbolic humiliation for the Arabs was the fall of Jerusalem.
	www.arab.net /egypt/et_nasser.htm (778 words)

	Arab League - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Arab League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Organization of Arab states established in Cairo in 1945 to promote Arab unity, primarily in opposition to Israel.
		In 1979 Egypt was suspended and the league's headquarters transferred to Tunis in protest against the Egypt–Israeli peace, but Egypt was readmitted as a full member in May 1989, and in March 1990 its headquarters returned to Cairo.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Arab%20League (194 words)

	One Arab World :: Sandmonkey on Arab Unity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		If a unity is indeed formed, it will certainly be silly if it was based on the concept that we speak the same language as such a unity is not based on common ideas and thus will fall apart quickly.
		Arabs after the death of the Prophet, were united only when Abu Bakr waged war on them when they refused his sovereignty over them as they hadn't chose him, so they denied him the Alms (zakah) & they were compelled in the end to recognize the new status of the Madina & abu bakr.
		Arabs became powerful ONLY when they integrated other civilizations & utilized, now your ignorant rant about charlemagne is none of my concern, except it shows you are a prejudist idiot, most of my books are arabic historians, so you can take your rhetorical rubbish some other place.
	onearabworld.blog.com /719683 (5635 words)

	PASSIA: Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs - Jerusalem The Arab League and the ...
		According to Arab historians, the Arab League was not intended to serve as a federal union but as an institution that would bring independent states together to discuss issues of common interest and possibly to agree on collective action, while recognizing their independence and guaranteeing their sovereignty.
		During the deliberations, the Arab League decided to establish a military umbrella, headed by an Egyptian general (Ali Ali Amr), with the task to reorganize and enforce the Arab armies to defend Arab territories and to counter Israeli threats.
		The division among Arab counties was obvious: while some condemned the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and joined the foreign allied forces to stop the Iraqi aggression, others called for the formation of a united Arab force to maintain security and stability and to preserve the borders of all the countries in the region.
	www.passia.org /seminars/96/arab.htm (2379 words)

	Syria Concepts of Nationalism, Unity, and the Arab Nation
		At a broader level, Baath Party ideology reflects the viewpoint of many Syrian citizens in championing pan-Arab nationalism and proposing unification of all Arab countries into one Arab nation stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea, transcending what are regarded as arbitrary and artificial borders drawn by Ottoman or European colonial rulers.
		Arab unity was the clarion call of most Arab nationalists during the struggles against European colonialism after World War I. Baathist ideology differs from this older sentiment in making socialism an integral element of pan-Arab nationalism.
		Because using Islam as the defining criterion of Arabism is prejudicial to minorities, Syrians have instead emphasized the common cultural heritage of all Arabs.
	www.country-studies.com /syria/concepts-of-nationalism,-unity,-and-the-arab-nation.html (943 words)

	On Iraq question, cracks widen in Arab unity \| csmonitor.com
		Few leaders in the Arab world will admit openly that they trust US intentions in the region, but several, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain are allowing US troops to be stationed on their soil as US war plans move ahead.
		Several larger Arab nations, including Egypt and Syria, greeted the idea as a slap in the face for their own efforts to present unified opposition to the US stance that military force must be used to disarm Iraq of its proscribed weapons.
		Arab analysts say that the UAE proposal is likely to move forward only through unofficial channels, since no Arab leader wants to be seen to be working too closely with Washington.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0303/p07s01-woiq.htm (690 words)

	Libya and Arab Unity
		Although all Arab governments endorsed the idea in principle, most observed that conditions were not right for putting it into practice or that unity would come only at the end of a long process of historical evolution.
		He agreed that achieving Arab unity was a process that required sequential and intermediate stages of development, but the challenge he posed to other Arab leaders was that the process had to begin somewhere.
		For Qadhafi, the FAR was a step on the road to achieving his ultimate goal: the comprehensive union of the "Arab Nation." Although he remained the federation's most ardent backer, Qadhafi was never satisfied with the approach taken by his Egyptian and Syrian partners toward what he termed the "battle plan" for confrontation with Israel.
	countrystudies.us /libya/32.htm (1419 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : The question of Arab unity and reform?
		The stated purpose of the Arab League is to strengthen relations between member states, achieve cooperation through coordination of policies, and safeguard the independence and sovereignty of its members.
		The neo-patriarchal Arab Right became integral to the quest for stability and was viewed as an ally in local, regional and global terms.
		Regionally, the being and becoming of Arabness has to be clearly demarcated and the overarching Arab identity ("all those whose manners and traditions have been shaped in an Arab mould, and whose mother tongue is Arabic") is to be sustained for its cultural richness but without the unsustainable political baggage of the past six decades.
	www.hindu.com /2005/04/15/stories/2005041501961000.htm (1173 words)

	Libya
		Native Libyans are primarily a mixture of Arabs and Berbers.
		Libyan Arabs have a heritage in the traditions of the nomadic Bedouin and associate themselves with a particular Bedouin tribe.
		Most of the Arabs who have lived a nomadic lifestyle, traditionally in tents, have been settled into various towns and cities in Libya, their old way of life fading out.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/li/libya.html (3258 words)

	CNN.com - Arab unity remains an elusive dream - October 11, 2000
		The display of unity among the Arab masses less than two weeks before their leaders meet in Cairo to discuss the bloodshed will pressure the heads of state to exhibit the same kind of solidarity.
		Arab unity is a dream that has eluded its most ardent supporters _ among them the late presidents Hafez Assad of Syria and Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt.
		The Cairo-based Arab League, symbol of Arab unity, is little more than a talking shop that was powerless to settle the 1990 Kuwait-Iraq dispute and has almost no role in Israeli-Arab peacemaking.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/meast/10/11/arab.unity.ap/index.html (805 words)

	Views on Selected Subjects
		Arab relations must be based on cooperation in all areas and on mutual trust and respect and awareness that we have common interests and that no one will live forever.
		We Arabs have added reasons to unify our regional economies particularly since we have the common denominators of history, religion, language, heritage and destiny and it is important to activate these components.
		Let all of this be undertaken through an active, respected Arab League, in which equality and sincerity of joint purpose would be assured, and in which danger of domination by any member of the family would be eliminated.
	www.kinghussein.gov.jo /views_arab1.html (932 words)

	PanarabDC
		Which means an explicit assertion of the Arab identity of the entire land of Palestine (from river to sea) and an explicit rejection of recognition of the Zionist state's right to exist.
		We as members of the Arab revolutionary Marxist-Leninest line make class distinctions between the Arab bourgeoisie program of multi-national globalization of the Arab countries in the form of Arab unity and the Arab worker project of antiimperialist nature that aims to unite the Arab homeland.
		Arab regimes have been fulfilling their dictated role for a long while.
	www.geocities.com /arabsocialistcoalition/PanarabDC.html (2399 words)

	Jonathan Schanzer on Arab World & Iraq on National Review Online
		Despite the repeated and emphatic declarations of unity with Iraq, the recent televised brawl between Arab leaders at the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Qatar showed that the Arab world is actually anything but unified.
		In a move that utterly destroyed the façade of Arab unity, the UAE recently proposed sending Saddam into exile, as a way of sparing the region from war.
		Arab leaders also know that cooperation with the U.S. is likely to pay dividends in the long run.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-schanzer031803.asp (847 words)

	Council of Arab Economic Unity
		The CAEU was created in 1964 to implement the Arab Economic Unity Agreement (AEUA) form amongst the states of the Arab League in 1957.
		the Arab Economic Unity Agreement (AEUA) was ratified by 12 Countries : Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and the two Yemenis, The CAEU functions and terms of reference are specified in the provision of this agreement.
		The ultimate goal of the CAEU is to achieve complete economic unity among the member states.
	www.caeu.org.eg /English/Intro (298 words)

	Baali, Fuad. Arab Unity and Disunity: Past and Present Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) - Find Articles
		The author contends that a single Arab nation could become a reality if the narrow asabiyah of the individual states are "combined in one large, powerful, and unified asabiyah..." (p.
		On this basis, Baali discusses Arab unity and Disunity in the contemporary period.
		What the Arabs need is another Muhammad who can unite might with right so they do not keep waiting for the Mahdi.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2501/is_4_26/ai_n13562968 (371 words)

	Saddam's speech on 9th anniv. of end of war with Iran
		It is essential for an Arab to realize and feel that he is an integral part of his nation and that this nation, which Almighty Allah bestowed upon it well-known characteristics and roles over the time: its great and faithful missionary role or its glorious cultural, national and humanitarian role, is great nation.
		Therefore, Arab socialism and its practical implications concerning the policy of using public wealth and social interdependence and solidarity, is imperative not only for the aforementioned reasons and other reasons that we will mention later on, but rather in order to maintain the unity too.
		On the arena of the Arab nation, extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arab Gulf, and its great capabilities, its economy flourishes in order to be in various bright colours, all of which serving the supreme interest, to the greater firmness and solidarity of Arab unity.
	southmovement.alphalink.com.au /countries/Iraq/baath.html (4029 words)

	Asia Times
		DUBAI - A new Saudi Arabian initiative that rejects "any illegal external aggression against any Arab state" in the context of Iraq is a strategic gambit that is unlikely to promote long-term Arab unity or convince skeptics that the country is not succumbing to US dictates, say analysts in the region.
		Riyadh wants the Arab leaders to adopt it in the form of a declaration, endorsing it as binding on all Arab states.
		It is an Arab demand that enough time should be given for diplomacy to spare the region and the world human tragedies," according to the Saudi Press Agency.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/EA17Ak03.html (1046 words)

	BBC News \| MEDIA REPORTS \| Jordanian king's plea for Arab unity
		Arab citizens have thus become bitter and frustrated, with no confidence in themselves or in their future."
		It is time we opened a new page in joint Arab action with open hearts and clear consciences that embody what link us in terms of brotherhood, sacred ties, and common interests.
		It is time to put an end to this suffering and to lift the embargo on this Arab country, which has always been at the forefront of the Arab nation in defending its causes and rights.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/1245916.stm (621 words)

	Arab unity remains key (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The task of the Arab League ministerial follow-up committee is even more daunting and demanding, especially that they are meeting for the first time since the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the US that has turned the world's political chessboard upside down.
		It is also vital for Arabs to turn into reality the latest US and British pronouncements recognising the right of the Palestinian people to a sovereign independent state as part of a just settlement.
		The Arab committee will no doubt take that into deep consideration while formulating a credible Arab position vis-ý-vis the deteriorating situation in the region and the immense hardships and the direct physical dangers the Palestinians have been subjected to since the beginning of the uprising over a year ago.
	www.jordanembassyus.org /11042001001.htm (472 words)

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