The Struggle for the Arab World

Fawaz Gerges tells us how the clash between pan-Arab nationalism and pan-Islamism has shaped the history of the region from the 1920s to the present.

Fawaz Gerges (@FawazGerges) is Professor of International Relations at LSE and author of Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East.

John Sidel is the Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics at LSE.

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