Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first step on the path to complete Arab unity," shouted the Premier. Chanted the crowd: "Long live Nasser, destroyer of imperialism...
...Presidents went together to pray at Cairo's great Al Azhar mosque, where the imam, ending a sermon broadcast from the Atlantic Ocean to the Persian Gulf, told them, "Bless you both. March hand in hand and lead a united Arab nation to glory...
...Plan. The proclamation united the two independent Arab states for the first time since Saladin (1175). The two nations agreed not to federate, as first proposed, but to merge. They are to become one republic, with one President, one legislative house, one flag, one army. The Parliaments of both countries are scheduled to meet this week in Cairo and Damascus to nominate a presidential candidate-expected to be Nasser. "I am pleased now to accomplish my national Arab mission and hand over this dear trust to President Gamal Abdel Nasser, the young enthusiastic Arab who is full of loyalty...
...Dream. The economies of Egypt and Syria are far from complementary. They are separated by 150 miles and Israel, their avowed common enemy. But the proposed state answers to the most emotional political idea in the Middle East-the cherished Arab dream that Arab-speaking peoples should cast off the artificial borders imposed on them by the colonial powers, and assert the essential unity of "the Arab Nation...
...Western Lebanon, newspapers were quick to praise the unity move. In Jordan, where rabidly Arab-nationalist Palestinians comprise two-thirds of the population, wily Strongman Samir Rifai publicly proclaimed: "We support every effort to achieve this sort of union," then dashed for Saudi Arabia to urge King Saud to meet with Jordan's King Hussein and Iraq's King Feisal to form a counter-federation of the three kingdoms. Feisal was willing, but Saud...