Gli sviluppi del nazionalismo arabo come eredità della Prima Guerra Mondiale

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze how WWI affected the political environment in the Middle East. Geographically speaking, it focuses on the Bilad al-Sham region, a section of Fertile Crescent that can be named as the birthplace of Arab Nationalism. During the end of the XIX Century, an Arab awareness begins to arise in the Middle East, mainly troughout the political and economic links and relations between Europe and Ottoman Empire. This Arab feeling develops into Arab nationalism after and as a consequence of it. The issue is analyzed at both the historical and ideological levels: along with the analysis of the main historical events during WWI that contribute to the rise of Arab nationalism, such as the Skyes-Picot agreements and the Arab Revolt, the paper focuses also on the ideology of Sati al-Husri, one of the main ideologues of Arab nationalism.