ARB 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nayef Hawatmeh, Yasser Arafat, Ibn Khaldun
3 Apr 2019
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Lecture 5: palestinian nationalism, born in 1959, ten years after the palestinian people lost their homeland. Its main symbols were yasser arafat, georges habash and nayef hawatmeh, among others: kurdish nationalism, the kurds as a separate nation with their own languages and culture. The largest communist parties were in sudan, iraq and egypt. The arab world has some of the oldest cities in the world: the arab tribe, the bedu or bedouins: members of tribes. If you think tribes and tribalism in the arab world is something from the past and have now disappeared, think again: bedouin values: tribal solidarity, chivalry, hospitality, individuality, and simplicity. City people view tribal values in a negative light: they see "bedouin mentality" as something savage. This tops bedouin values, supported by stories and the way of life; associated with traditions and manners involving coffee rituals, sacrifices, and the protection of those seeking refuge (the saga of sultan al-atrash, hatem.
