Comments on: Arab http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/ Another Casualty to the Seduction Of Art Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc by: Roe http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14630 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:00:07 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14630 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. :) 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. :)

]]> by: O.J. http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14546 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:04:18 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14546 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... 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…

]]> by: Ahmad Humeid http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14508 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:34:56 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14508 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'. 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’.

]]> by: mohammad http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14500 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:25:50 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14500 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. 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.

]]> by: Roe http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14499 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:03:57 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14499 What is this song called? i have never heard it before? What is this song called? i have never heard it before?

]]> by: Mohannad http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14479 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:24:26 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14479 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. 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.

]]> by: Markus http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14478 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:17:17 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14478 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. 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.

]]> by: abdul http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14472 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:59:56 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14472 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..... 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…..

]]> by: Ayyob http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14469 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:55:37 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14469 Hareega is Absolutely right. Its the people not the environment. Hareega is Absolutely right.
Its the people not the environment.

]]> by: Hareega http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14465 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:17:03 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2007/01/30/arab/#comment-14465 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. 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.

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