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
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).
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