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Presents information on the violent social convulsion going on in the Arab countries. View that much of the Arab drama is caused by the dizzy speed of modern political change; Claim that the conflict has roots far deeper than a mere desire for separate statehood; Details of Arab history and character; Domination of the Moslem countries by imperialist powers; Claim that the reversion of Soviet policy on the Israeli question was the key to recent events; Union of the feudal elements and the religious fanatics, and the Communists and their, allies in the trade unions against the moderates; Information that Tunisia was the first country among the North African possessions of France to explode into complete anarchy; Leader of the fight lot Tunisian independence was Habib Bourguiba, a man who in character and intellect ranks above ever, other North African nationalist; View that Bourguiba, now Premier of Tunisia, is deeply committed to the values of a secular and democratic state; Claim that the Neo-Destour party, in the imprint of his powerful personality, is the most progressive in the entire Moslem world; Lack of natural resources in Tunisia, which is outside of two strips of good farm and, orchard soil; Information that the Neo-Destour pasty was and remains a polyglot, force united only in opposition to the French on one side and the unknown perils of Youssefism on the other; Suggestion that amorphous and semi-feudal states tied by a common culture, tongue and religion would best be served by a jump to an enforced collective supranationality.

The common urge in the Arab and Muslim world today is towards unity, but unity of a different kind; not absorption and submersion in a vaster whole, but collaboration on a basis of national, linguistic, social, cultural, religious community of sentiment and interest, with the object of raising themselves to equal status with the established great powers of West and East. In place, therefore, of the idealistic internationalism that pervades most political thinking in the Western world, Arab ideas on unity lean towards nationalism in an intense form, marked on the political level by strongly and sincerely felt xenophobia.

The article focuses on political and economic developments in Arab countries. In Trans-Jordan nationalist leaflets call for revolt; bombs have been found in the office of the pro-British Emir and have been thrown at state buildings in Irbid, Madaba, and Es Salt; Arabs have besiegd the Hausa and Azoun police posts. Moreover, though London has denied a report that Saudi troops are massed on Trans-Jordan's border, the Foreign Office is uneasy about Mecca. In Syria, which anticipates an end of its mandated status in 1939, the Chamber president and other officials aid the Arab National Congress. Naji-el-Suedi, once exiled for participating in the Druse anti-French rising, has returned to politics, as have some of Colonel T. E. Lawrence's veterans.

Focuses on the resurgence of nationalism in the U.S., Russia, and Arab countries. Reasons behind the resurgence of nationalism in the countries; Effect of nationalism on the international political structure; Discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of nationalism.

Discusses efforts of the U.S. to win Arabs over to its cause against Iraq. Anti-American tendencies of Arab intellectuals; Propaganda of the U.S. in Arab countries; Idea that Islamism has become an alternative to nationalism in the region.