Pan-Arabism
Unified Arab nationalism
Pan-Arabism is the political ideology that Arab peoples—those sharing Arabic language and culture across North Africa and the Middle East—should unite as one nation or federation.
The movement peaked in the mid-twentieth century under leaders like Egypt's Nasser, who briefly merged Egypt and Syria.
Pan-Arabism faded after the 1967 war with Israel.
The dream of unity persists in rhetoric but has yielded to nationalism and sectarian divisions.
Egyptian leader, 1956-1970
- GaddafiLibyan authoritarian leader
- Saddam HusseinIraqi authoritarian ruler, executed
- Gamal Abdel Nasser
- Muammar Gaddafi
Opposition to foreign domination
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- liberationRelease from constraint
secularism · republicanism · anti-Zionism · pan-nationalism · non-alignment · anti-colonialism · revolutionary · independence
Merging into one entity
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- integrationCombining into a whole
- amalgamationUniting into one
merger · coalition · alliance · convergence · synthesis · assimilation · incorporation · fusion
1956 Anglo-French-Israeli invasion
- Six-Day WarWeek-minus-one combat, 1967
- Bandung Conference1955 Afro-Asian diplomatic gathering
Northwest African region
- LevantEastern Mediterranean coastal region
- Gulf statesTerritories near a gulf
- Fertile CrescentMideast arc where civilization began
- Nile ValleyAfrican river's agricultural corridor
Arabian Peninsula · Palestine · Egypt · Iraq · Syria · Jordan · Lebanon · Libya
Joint financial activity between parties
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- charterFounding organizational document
- membershipState of belonging
Nasser
Egyptian leader, 1956-1970
- GaddafiLibyan authoritarian leader
- Saddam HusseinIraqi authoritarian ruler, executed
anti-imperialism
Opposition to foreign domination
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
liberation · secularism · republicanism · anti-Zionism · pan-nationalism · non-alignment · anti-colonialism · revolutionary · independence · political movement
unification
Merging into one entity
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- integrationCombining into a whole
amalgamation · merger · coalition · alliance · convergence · synthesis · assimilation · incorporation · fusion · solidarity
Suez Crisis
1956 Anglo-French-Israeli invasion
- Six-Day WarWeek-minus-one combat, 1967
- Bandung Conference1955 Afro-Asian diplomatic gathering
Maghreb
Northwest African region
- LevantEastern Mediterranean coastal region
- Gulf statesTerritories near a gulf
- Fertile CrescentMideast arc where civilization began
Nile Valley · Arabian Peninsula · Palestine · Egypt · Iraq · Syria · Jordan · Lebanon · Libya · Tunisia
economic cooperation
Joint financial activity between parties
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- charterFounding organizational document
- decolonizationanticolonialism, independence movement, independence movements, freedom fighter, anti-colonialism
- revivalsrevivalism, resurgence, reawakening, rejuvenation, revitalization
- National RevivalsBengali Renaissance
Pan-Arabismtribalism
In-group loyalty, out-group hostility
separatism · particularism · localism · Balkanization · regionalism
Pan-ArabismIslamism
Faith-driven political ideology
Salafism · Zionism · Wahhabism · theocracy · religious nationalism