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Show s ffiaav, 1 (;amal Abdul Nasser: Savior of Arabism would be rather fitting for the Arab world to coexist and live in conformity than make 'Hatred' a uniting factor. Surely, the Arab world has more positive uniting factors than the united front against the specter of Zionism. 'democracy dreamers'. He accuses them of undefined democracy but presumably enough prefers them to the strong dictatorial regimes that abound in the vast regions of the Middle East, whose tight rule does not appeal to Nasser at all. ALTHOUGH NASSER likes Libya's king and Kuwaits shiekh, almost all other sovereigns are in fear of his might. Suffice to say here that, all being well with Nas-serism, Nas-serism, a matter for revision in the system is the Arab-Israel dispute, age old yet ever growing. If Israel is only a scapegoat and a uniting factor that is one thing and a sad fact. And if the Arab world is out to destroy Israel that wouW be contrary not only to world opinion but also contrary to the ideals of Arabism, if I understand the term and its concept correctly. In this era of political uncertainties, there are few things that are certain but one of these is that Israel is bound to and will remain a sovereign state. It follows, therefore, that it HOME H. GABRIEL , f the political prom- e0f. nted Arab Republic, 'of eXd what the fate world would be of vast Arab w. Fast also is the gate- iddlei worlds. And as the '"TofX major religions '"l the Middle Eastern i olwohr d;eaproud history as rf modern civilization. llleZ itself, the inhab-t inhab-t W history jepea aware fS bS of their glor- ,, ore than ever oe become hiSr Angled with I ES cuSre in this present " eft !!' rrv f)F THE Arab world has Wfti been at the door step W many a tlm,e " vet certain kTc,be i to be KWOr8l esses have been grop- ml T S such thing called plg, Sm realization. Gamal !i iN s"er President of the rSSS Republic is indeed an 1 w. man a man whose vision s sacrificing - centur.es old ! rland of civilization-Egypt, it rhte, it becomes impera- tive to note that Egypt, now the United Arab Republic, is the seat of modern Arabism and the intellectual intel-lectual center of the past as well as the present. In addition, the leader of this land, President Nasser Nas-ser has qualities of leadership unmatched un-matched in the leaders of the adjacent ad-jacent Arab lands. What's more, he represents the sole salvation if unity is to be achievtd or reckoned, for he is spiritually and intellectually 'the man' for the peoples of Arabia. Endowed with jovial yet commanding command-ing personalities, President Nasser is a fitting orator able to get his point through to the poverty-stricken villagers, the deserted desert dwellers and the whole populace of proud people who cry and long for identity. At the present moment none fit the picture of a leader for the Arab world save Nasser. It should be noted here that although leaders of the Arab world oppose him, he has their people on his side and for such people Nasser is no more a name but a system and a way of life as envisaged in present day Egypt. In time, Nasserism could be a political ideology commanding the hopes and spirits of the Arab world. Although Nasser is an ardent Socialist he is no less anti-Communist than those who profess it His socialism could well be un derstood if used in the context of its twin sister ideology Progressive Progres-sive Democracy. In the aid-cut program proposed in the Congress of the United States, Egypt among a few other nations has been considered for the blade. Although 'to give or not to give' is the freedom of the United States Government, 'freedom not to give' might be more fatal to this government. The question is, would U.S. prefer Egypt, the prototype proto-type of the all-Arab governments to be against U.S. or neutral in the Cold War? Speaking of non-alignment, Nasser once said that "we say what we believe whether this pleases or displeases" which, if taken in the right spirit, is a philosophy phi-losophy which the U.S. has long regarded as a vital part of a true democratic system in the international interna-tional arena. IT SHOULD be noted that without with-out aid UAR could possibly deviate from the profession of Democracy to the profession of Communism just out of necessity. Let it be known also that at the birth of a different ideology, a sword is put in the side of the U.S.; for under any system Nasser or Nasserism would still prevail. It is the conviction con-viction of the author "better forethought fore-thought than regret," for Nasserism Men fnrpp nnrl nnp nf thf rlnminppr- ing "isms" to be. Of recent prominence, yet of linkage link-age to the past, has been the Baath governments in Damascus and Bagdad, whose policy is professed to be Nasserism revised. For President Presi-dent Nasser, whose nine years of endeavour has been 'words and deeds' and prosperity from the robber-scourged nation, the Baath governments are only slogan-crazy, impractical and uncompromising |