Renaissance arabe et solidarité musulmane dans La Nation arabe

Abstract

Published in Geneva from 1930 to 1938, the journal, La Nation arabe, first addressed European intellectuals. Points of view developed by the two editors, Chekib Arslan and Ihsan al-Djabri, show on the other hand that the readership was especially Arab and Muslim. Arslan and Djabri are convinced of the renaissance of the Arab nation which they largely attribute to the politics of the European powers in Arab lands. Signs of this awakening are reported, in particular, the mutual interest that Arabs show for one another, the solidarity of people who are suffering and the emergence of uncommon personalities. The journal had an activist stance which was original for that time : it intended to mobilize Arabs and Muslims not only towards fighting the occupying powers but also towards fighting against the Zionist project which threatened the territorial integrity of Palestine and which symbolised the Arab nation.