Arab Nationalism

crisis that recently befell the United Arab Republic provides an opportunity to re-examine the nature of Arab nationalism. There are, to be sure, various forms of Arab nationalism. There is the comprehensive type advocated by intellectuals in the Arab East which seeks the unification of the Arab world from Morocco to Kuwayt. President Nasser has expressed his vocal support of this type. There is a form of Arab nationalism which subscribes to the ideal of Arab unity but is more seriously concerned with the political unification of specific regions within the Arab world. Maghribi nationalism, Syrian nationalism, and Nile nationalism are cases in point. A third form of Arab nationalism is satisfied with the loose conglomeration established under the aegis of the Arab League. The older politicians and the established monarchies subscribe to this broad concept of Arab nationalism, for it permits them greater freedom in the management of their internal affairs. There is a growing feeling of cultural nationalism which is more concerned with the Arab individual than with political unification regional or comprehensive. There are also various other expressions of Arab nationalism, some of which are voiced by Christian Arabs and are of a radical secular nature, and some other expressed by conservative Muslims, and are therefore traditional

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