Arab Socialism Triumphant

[Zor]

In the Middle East not to long ago, there was a Strong Socialist movement in the Middle East/Muslim World, with such notable leaders as Nasser, although this movement was latter overshaddowed by Islamist movements. This thread has two main questions..

1-Could Arab Socialism have emerged triumphant and become the Dominant Political ideology in the Middle East/North Africa Region (or at least most of it) and if so how?

2-How would this change effect the world, both inside the Arab Socialist States and in the world at large?

Zor

 

[Empror Mike]

The Arab socialist movement was mostly socialist in talk, but not in action. Much like most socialist movements in the world, i'm afraid.

Socialism, was a passing trend. Islamism is just the same. Moreover, that the adherents of Islamist parties were just the material for socialist parties 30 yrs ago.

If you want stronger Arab socialism, it needs to come from the people. Find a way for a popular socialist revolution to take place somewhere in the Arab world, and u have some impact.

 

[Zajir]

The Arab Socialists need to defeat Israel,because this is what discredited Arab Socialism and Arab Nationalism the inability to defeat Israel.

 

[Novosibrisk]

Didn't we already have a situation where Arab Socialists/Nationalists dominated the middle-east and north Africa? In fact we still do. Syria is still baathist, Egypt has had an unbroken line of Arab Socialists from Nasser to Mubarak. Also, i don't think it was failure to destroy Israel that discredited Arab Nationalism, it was the Arab nationalists failure to provide economic growth and good government and their use of Israel as a scapegoat for their problems.

I think the best way to get the Arab world Socialist in the way a western European would understand the term would be some kind of grassroots moderate Islamic movement after Sykes-Picot and before the creation of Israel.