Saturday, January 15, 2011

Arab nationalism is NOT dead (tell that to Fouad Ajami)

Ever since Ajami wrote that lousy article on the death of Arab nationalism, lazy Western analysts and journalists readily believed him.  I have often argued otherwise.  If you have been following in Arabic the news coverage and particularly the noise of the Arab youth on Facebook and Twitter you would not have doubted that common Arab political and emotional sentiments are still shared by the Arab people.  Most Arabs on Facebook have put the Tunisian flag or the picture of Muhammad Bouazizi as the profile picture.