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“The Arab nationalism had a peculiar character. It stood for national independence for separate Arab States as well as for the unity of all Arabs irrespective of their state boundaries.” – Examine.

  • UPSC 2012
  • Liberation from Colonial Rule

Arab nationalism after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire carried a built-in tension: it simultaneously demanded sovereignty for each individual Arab state and dreamt of a single Arab nation transcending those very states.

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  • The Territorial Root: Separate States as the Practical Starting Point
  • The Pan-Arab Ideal: Unity Beyond Borders
  • Institutional Attempts to Hold Both Together
  • Why the Duality Persisted

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