An Arab Renaissance against all odds?

An Arab Renaissance against all odds?

Nasser Ali Khasawneh. By Nasser Ali Khasawneh & Dima Sari
Nasser Ali Khasawneh graduated in law from Oxford University, and holds a Masters in Law degree from University College at the University of London.

Pan-Arabism, which crystallised during the 50′s and 60′s of the last century as a quasi secular socialist movement is, by all accounts, dead. The Arab Intelligentsia has grieved and mourned for the last four decades the premature death of a promising progressive movement. Arab unity movements, from the ocean to the ocean, have been spiralling downwards towards oblivion.

Far from taking any steps towards institutionalized political unity, the Arabs of today appear incapable of reaching any agreement in response to any of the serious and dangerous situations facing the Arabs collectively. Any follower of mediatised intra-Arab political or social debates would note the absurd pattern where the majority of debates amongst Arab representatives turn into un-intelligible disputes, worthy only of sighs of frustration and disbelief. Continue Reading »

“Do you have any bombs on you?” I wasn’t sure of the purpose of the question.

“All I ever hear is ‘I want,’ or ‘I need,’” she says. “This is the language of children.”

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