Summary and Review of Marina M. Elgawly’s article “ Realism and Arab Nationalism: An Uneasy Relationship.”
The Article examines how Arabic Nationalism and Realism are related, as from the first look; they do not seem to have correlations, however, throughout the paper we can observe how Arabic Nationalism Ideology changes in our understanding. The author starts with the possible types of nationalism in the region, later we see the development of the Arabic Nationalism ideology thought, accounts of realism, and how real situations differs from suggested ideology. The author suggests two types of nationalism, which can be applied in the region: state-centric and transnational. The concertation of the paper falls on Pan- Arabic nationalism, which supports the unification of all Arabs (transnational). The unification here is based on linguistic and historical ties. Arab nationalism ideologists such as Zaki Al- Arsuzi, Sati Al- Husri, Shaykh’ Abdullah Al- Alayili, basically reject the importance of state and race in the formation of nationalism and see race as a tool of imperialist