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Arab Identity in Crisis
The article examines how Arab identity has become an object of disparagement and blame among some Arabs. It traces this to intellectual roots in the Shuʿubiyya debate, followed by the shock of European modernity and a series of defeats that led some narratives to hold Arab culture responsible for decline. The article cautions against reducing Arab identity to the desert and Bedouinism, or treating it as a ready-made explanation for failure. It stresses that the causes of backwardness lie in policies, institutions, and historical circumstances—not in identity itself. It concludes that renewed confidence in a shared Arab identity, alongside openness to change, can strengthen solidarity and integration and help advance progress.
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