Comments on: Salon: Who’s talking about Arab Unity?

By: Vincent

Vincent — Wed, 10 May 2006 05:23:48 +0000

Hurrah for us!

At any rate, I enjoyed the discussion thoroughly.

By: hatem abunimeh

hatem abunimeh — Tue, 09 May 2006 21:47:44 +0000

I think that more emphasis should be put on the individual achievements rather than on the collective bonding. Under the current set up the individual talents aren’t getting adequate publicity or fair share of stipends. Individual athletes, scientists, artists, etc. living in the Arab world deserve much more than what they are getting right now. If they were to be recognized as individuals then the concept of collectivity will spawn out of them." E Pluribus Unum"

By: Peter S.

Peter S. — Tue, 09 May 2006 18:55:41 +0000

I think they next question should be: what should be the features of a progressive Arab culture? What needs to preserved? What needs to be changed? How can this be accomplished?

By: rami

rami — Tue, 09 May 2006 13:43:44 +0000

arabs need a renaissance… no talk of unity can be achieved without talking about a renaissance… and if it starts in one country it will spread in no time into all others… The Islamic empire failed… The current post-colonialised countries failed… renaissance is what we need…

One more thing, Arab unity is NOT about uniting to fight other states, but is about uniting to fight our own ignorance.

By: hareega

hareega — Tue, 09 May 2006 10:13:43 +0000

All cooments about Arabic Unity-including mine- are in English ! A bit funny isn’t it?

We don’t need a leader to unite us, Arabs need to understand that they’re stronger together, our mistake is that we’re waiting for "Salahaddein" who’ll never come again. IF we decide to come together many Salahaddeins will emerge from among us.