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I shivered when I saw Hajjaj’s caricature in the backpage of Al-Ghad today.
Palestine.
Lebanon.
Sudan.
Iraq.
Syria.
Somalia.
Ahhhh- the pan Arabist in me is crying.
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Sami
January 30, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
After Arabs were looking for the pan Arabic (Qawmyyeh) unity, now we are seeking national unity (Watanyya)… is it that sadly funny.
Verbal Alchemy
January 30, 2007 @ 2:00 pm
sigh..
KeKo
January 30, 2007 @ 2:17 pm
Thank you very much with sugar on top :)
And if you can find the song by Majedah about Jordan which goes something like ” A3oodo wakoli 7aneen a3ood le dar il a7abiti wal qalbo 3eed” you will be my favorite person in the world ever :)
You see I am pro pan Arabism and national unity, I like to have my cake and eat it!
Husams
January 30, 2007 @ 3:55 pm
“fa la 7adun yuba3odna wa la deenun yufarquna”
We can decide our borders and believes, but not our race, for the love of Arabism.
life
January 30, 2007 @ 6:20 pm
What is happening is sad for sure..
Thanks for the song, It’s been long since i heard it.. 3an jad bet2ash3er el badan .
thanks
Frestp
January 30, 2007 @ 7:19 pm
Thank you …. i am convinced that while we still have people like you …. we are still fine …. still alive …
nada
January 30, 2007 @ 10:23 pm
*SIIIIGH*
Hareega
January 30, 2007 @ 11:17 pm
thanx Roba for this, it’s sad to see that flag becoming extinct these days. People blame Arabism for their miseries instead of blaming their lazy asses and corrupt leaderships they have supported since theyy’ve existed.
Ayyob
January 31, 2007 @ 2:55 am
Hareega is Absolutely right.
Its the people not the environment.
abdul
January 31, 2007 @ 3:59 am
our living irony……
divided by borders…… yet united in our harts ( i hope )….
proud to be an arab, and no one can take that away…..
Markus
January 31, 2007 @ 10:17 am
I have always wondered, since when did Pan-Arabism clash with Nationalism? Why have the so called Arab leaders been able to corrupt our political belief systme into believing that you are either with us(Nationalism) or against us(pan- Arabism). This line of thought eerily reminds me of a horrific speech made on a fateful morning in September 2001.
Mohannad
January 31, 2007 @ 10:24 am
Do you feel the unity in our region !
I never seen it …
Travel a cross Arab countries is not easy especially if you holds Arab passport. In most of the gulf states, Iqama regulations ties people movement within the same country no matter what nationality they have! It makes me feel sick.
I agree that no language barrier is exit among the whole Arab countries compared to the EU but why political restrictions limit our unity feelings.
Roe
February 1, 2007 @ 12:03 am
What is this song called? i have never heard it before?
mohammad
February 1, 2007 @ 4:25 am
I’m always disappointed towards our issues, but if i want to be positive, i tell you that a scholar in Jordan used described the pain the Arabs are going through as “The pain a mother experience before birth”! “Birth of what?” the birth of victory” inchalla.
i think we have to be patient, this is a filtration process. Every nation goes through this.Change and justice has a price. thanx for sharing.
Ahmad Humeid
February 2, 2007 @ 1:34 am
Well..
The problem with the ‘old’ pan arabism is that:
- It was largely forced onto people by ideologues
- It sometimes had fascist aspects to it (arab race supremacy), modeled on fascist trends originating in Europe
- It often ignored the existence of well developed local identities
- It had a problem with non Arab minorities in the Arab region (the Kurds for example)
- It emphasized some mythical ‘unity’ over democracy and freedom
Europe had to fight bitter wars and sort out the meaning of national identity before it started coming together, first economically then, to a certain extent, culturally.
The new Arabia is driven by Media (Al Jazeera, Al Arabia, etc) and Markets (look at Gulf investments in Jordan).
I am all for Arab integration and cooperation, nut not for a mythical idea of ‘unity of a great nation’.
O.J.
February 3, 2007 @ 6:04 pm
The song stirred so many emotions.
I remember singing this song over and over as a child, learning the words to this pan Arab anthem in school at the tender age of 10. Very nostalgic. How patriotic and proud we were to be Arabs. I wonder if its still taught in schools. How disappointing it would be if it wasn’t…
Roe
February 10, 2007 @ 9:00 am
Hey Roba,
I keep coming to this post every few days just to listen to the song.
It’s so powerful. And it makes the pan-Arabist in me get goosebumps all over.
Where can I find this song and download it?
Thank you very much. :)