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    Gaddaf Research Paper

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    ideology as a revolutionary , meaning he was “involve[ed in] or support[ed] a political revolution” ; as a Bedouin , who are Arabic nomads and believe that society depends on its people to support it ; and as an Arab nationalist, meaning pride in Arab achievements and desire for unity among Arab nations , worked together to form his belief system. Muammar al-Gaddafi was hindered by his ideology in successfully preventing and ending uprisings in Libya? First, Gaddafi was deluded by his beliefs as a revolutionary

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    one that is rich in natural resources, yet suffers many conflicts withing the recent years. Most of the the struggled faced by the Middle East region relates to the Arab Nationalism and Zionism movements. These movements have had a lasting impact on the way Arabs view non-Arabs and how their region is meant to be governed. Arab nationalism is the movement in which some nations in the Middle East region believed that there should be one state that unites the nation instead of seperate countries as they

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    Syrian Baath Party government and those seeking to oust it. The conflict began on 15 March 2011, with popular demonstrations that grew nationwide by April 2011. These demonstrations were part of the wider Middle Eastern protest movement known as the Arab Spring. Protesters demanded the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad, whose family has held the presidency in Syria since 1971, as well as the end to over four decades of Baath Party rule. In April 2011, the Syrian Army was deployed to quell the

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    1970s, Syria achieved high rates of economic growth. The dramatic rise of the world oil prices led to increased production from domestic refineries. And high prices from agricultural and oil exports, and the fact that Syrians began to work in oil-rich Arab states encouraged growth. By the end of the decade, the Syrian economy had transitioned from agriculture based economy to being dominated by the service, industrial, and commercial sectors. Development of irrigation, electricity, water, road building

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    National Charter have fundamentally different ideas on establishing nationalism, however each movement and charter wishes to establish a national identity as well as a state due to their experiences of oppression and dispersion. Michel Aflaq describes his ideas on Arab nationalism through the Arab Baath party, which entails the establishment of an Arab state and the right to govern themselves, as well as a revivification of old Arab thought and ideology. Theodor Herzl depicts the Zionist nationalist

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    in the region begin to implement similar land reform laws allowing a middle class to emerge and greatly improving the lives of many working class wage laborers who were previously repressed. Egypt in the 1950s and 1960s was the leader of the Arab world and under the control of Nasser they set out to solve many of the issues of colonialism. Another prominent issue at the time was there was very little infrastructure in Egypt and the infrastructure they had exists mostly to push agricultural

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    As the Ottoman Empire’s fall drew closer, the concept of Arab representation and its manifestation as both a valid state and successor rose as a strong candidate towards a new rule. However, the Arab world is faced with two distinctive parties that wish to establish their own set of rules of national identity. The first party belongs to the Pan-Arab movement that wishes to unite all the Arab people from the farthest east to its west of the Arabic speaking world. Meanwhile, the second party involves

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    Nationalism is a belief that connects to national identity, which involves an individual identifying with its nation by personal actions and behavior that supports their nation. The Ottoman Empire ruled Arab lands in western Turkey before WWI. Many Arabs had shared the Muslim religion with the Turks in the Ottoman Empire. The growth of nationalist ideas came to the Arabs in the nineteenth century. Arabs were interested in nationalism because they wanted to restore the importance of their culture

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    Nationalism is the “desire of a large group of people to create or maintain a common statehood (Goldschmidt, 164)”. Nationalism which was a European idea, came with ways of western thinking which meant modern education, a focus on infrastructure, enlarged armies, etc. Nationalism also brought the thinking of creating nations based on race, language, religion, etc. (Goldschmidt, 165) Consequently this way of thinking has helped to create some of the biggest conflicts in the world today including the

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    Nationalism could be a type of religion in some cases. Nationalism could be a kind of religion promoted by the state in order to help supplement obedience and conformity to the wishes of the state. Like all religions, nationalism tries to answer the problems of life, for instance, who the person is, from where do they come from, what is the person's legacy and etc. All these questions could sometimes be answered through nationalism and that’s why some people could be extremely nationalistic. Just

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