Syria’s rival utopias, by Nicolas Dot-Pouillard (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 2018)
A group of pan-Arab nationalist armed volunteers rarely mentioned in
Western media, the Arab Nationalist Guard, is fighting alongside the
Assad regime in Syria. Inspired by former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel
Nasser, they claim to promote secularism and socialism.
Centre
stage: Arab nationalism’s glory days with Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser
hosting Prime Minister Al-Azhari of Sudan in July 1954
stage: Arab nationalism’s glory days with Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser
hosting Prime Minister Al-Azhari of Sudan in July 1954
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