While it has not come up as much as one might expect, I do sometimes get asked why I’ve spent so much time—three years, to be exact—talking about the most infamous Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husseini.
In Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies, Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit touch on the connection between Baathist Arab nationalist movements and the Nazis. That might be an interesting direction for your future research.
Well-written and reasoned. Now I know why you were interested in a 14-year-old article! This has been an amazing project and I’m looking forward to beginning this final six-hour journey.
In Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies, Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit touch on the connection between Baathist Arab nationalist movements and the Nazis. That might be an interesting direction for your future research.
I also found this article quite fascinating, along with its mention of the Syrian Nationalist Party - https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/liberation-arabs-global-left
Well-written and reasoned. Now I know why you were interested in a 14-year-old article! This has been an amazing project and I’m looking forward to beginning this final six-hour journey.