Sati al-Husri’s pan-Arab ideology had to argue Egypt into the Arab nation

Evidence

A factor of some importance in the growth of these ideas was the writings of Sa¯ti‘ al-Hfi usfirı¯, a Syrian from Aleppo and a former Ottoman official, who wrote extensively during the 1940s propounding a pan-Arab ideology. Sa¯tfii‘ al-Hfi usfirı¯, who was associated with Rashı¯d ‘Alı¯ in Iraq and was banished from that country after the collapse of the Rashı¯d ‘Alı¯ regime, was principally concerned to argue three points; first, that the individual can achieve freedom only in the nation and not outside it; second, that Egypt is an integral part of the greater Arab nation; and third, that pan-Arabism is compatible with Islam and not contrary to it. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 897

Categorization

• DEFINE: Encapsulates the core intellectual program of pan-Arab ideology as deployed in the interwar/nationalist period.