Table of Contents

1. Introduction: A Critique of Arab Nationalism

2. The Trials and Tribulations of the Poet Fu’ad al-Khatib: A Biographical Essay on the Origins of Arab Nationalism

3. Holding Up the Mirror: Imperialism and the Poetics of Cultural Pan-Arabism

3.1. Saladin the Victor: National Saints, Great Men, and the Rise of the Individual

3.2. From the Glory of Conquest to Paradise Lost: Al-Andalus in Arab Historical Consciousness

4. Of Kings and Cavemen: Museums and Nationalist Museology in Twentieth Century Egypt

5. Damascus Transfers: Dead Bodies and their Translocal Meanings

6. Nearly Victorious: The Art of Staging Arab Military Prowess

7. Arab Nationalism, Fascism and the Jews

8. Epilogue and Conclusion: Broken Narratives

About the Author

Peter Wien teaches at the University of Maryland in College Park and currently serves as President of The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII).