Publication

Through the last century and a half, the Arabs have achieved a fair measure of intellectual and cultural renaissance. Yet, they have failed in building modern nations, in the sense of united, interactive and cohesive societies whose members are linked by the bond of citizenship. Regardless of the direction the present popular uprisings will take in the upcoming days and weeks, they put on record, what is undoubtedly a most important chapter in the history of political modernity in the Arab world.