Dear Sabri,
I agree with the author that Arab nationalism and racism are rampant, and that it is one of the major causes of our current global crises. But I think he completely ignored that there are other factors that contributed to them. One of these is western imperialism and greed. The West effectively used Arab racism to advance its intersts in the region and supported patriarchies in Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf. It also supported Iraq, Iran, and Osama bin Laden himself, to foster its interests.
What I want to say is that the current situation is not as simplistic as the author would like us to believe. It is a complex one. Arab racism may be in the center of this complex issue, but it is not the sole factor.
Ramadan Kareem!
(عدل بواسطة Haydar Badawi Sadig on 10-06-2005, 01:22 PM)