Why Didn't the Arab World Unite? (Short Animated Documentary)
When so many other groups of people were united into single nations, why didn't the Arab world do the same? Were there any attempts to do so and since they clearly didn't succeed in the long term, what happened? Find out in this short and simple animated history documentary.
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Sounds like they needed an Arabic Otto Von Bismarck.
Ottama bin Bismarck
@@farhanahmed2508 Bismarq
Osman ibn Binladn
Lol Osama bin laden isn't even arab
Omar al Bisrahim
Why didn't the Arab World unite? Same reason Latin America didn't unite: *"That country has a stupid accent."*
Aldo Torres Yeah that’s about right
This comment is so right
Aldo Torres accurate af 😭
It goes a little bit deeper than that, at least if you're talking about uniting Mexico, Central America, and S. America on the simple basis that we all speak Spanish. The conditions, history, culture, and development of these 3 areas is so different that a united government would be so inefficient as to perpetually be a state on the brink of collapse. Like, for Christ's sake, have you seen how bad our governments' track records are when they're governing the smaller nations we have now? I don't see that changing just because we decided to unite on the sole basis that we all speak Spanish and used to be Spanish colonies. That being said, Latin America could very much make use of a trading bloc like the European Union have so that we can't be bullied into unfair trade deals by bigger nations (*cough* USA *cough*), just without the one currency. (Yes, people, I know Brazil doesn't speak Spanish. And neither does Hati, Guyana, and etcetera, etc... But I'm talking about a premise where the Spanish speaking countries of Latin America unite, as I'm assuming that is what OP meant. After all, none of those other countries speak Spanish with a funny accent. They don't speak Spanish at all).
lol I’m arab totally agree,Moroccons have a wired accent (me try to be funny don’t get offended)
I find it astonishing how much real men reseblance you can pack into these template-made 2D characters.
Very much so, its very weird.
so that shows how we all are just the same...only differences are facial hair etc
The trick is, your subconscious mind helps out
For the video Is like if Spain will united all countries speak Spanish Same as Middle East Arabians for Arabia 🇸🇦 are race culture and traditions Other countries are Arabic speaking because of the Arabian invasion 1400 years ago
I love the character design overall. He managed to make humans look like cats, which are also fickle, petty creatures.
My father worked in Egypt in 1959. The letters he wrote to my grandmother were all from the United Arab Republic so I grew up with the idea that the UAR of Syria and Egypt had lasted decades.
That’s so cool!
Interesting. :^)
Up until 1973, many people in schools still referred to Egypt as the United Arab Republic. It wasn't until Egypt was kicked out of the Arab League that the term became totally unused.
@@a.h.s.3006 Ah, that's why I remember that from school then. Thanks for clarifying!
It's a bitter sweet dream
"United Arab World" Paradox Interactive: "Write that down, Write that down!!"
next eu4 patch lol 1.31 formable nation
Arabia is already a formable nation
@@valonyaver600 What are the cores though?
@@valonyaver600 not a good enough we want United arab world lol sound cooler
@@Muhammed552 That'd be gerat! Roman Empire, United Arab world, America and Great East Asia Empire!
Anybody: let’s uni.. Syria 🇸🇾: I’m in
True
I love Syria
@Rami Samer غزة العزة، غزة المقاومة🇵🇸💚
@Stella Hohenheim why kid
Syria 🇸🇾 forever ❤️
So they decided to work together "But Im in charge" "No Im in charge" "No Im in charge" "No Im in charge " No,Im in charge. No,Im in charge.
And that was too many ouchies for our good friend, the Pan-Arab state, lol.
is that an.. oversimplified american revolution reference?
Why don't they make a big council and everyone governs themselves but are still all the same mega nation? This will only contain Arab League and Turkey. Maybe they can divide it up like this: Kingdom Of Morrocco People's Democratic Republic Of Algeirs State Of Berberia Western Sarawi Arab Federation State of Tobruk Islamic Republic Of Libya Islamic State Of The Sanai Federation Of Western Egypt Nile Offical Republic State Of East Egypt Nubian Arab Republic Federal Republic Of Sudan Union Of Djobouti Federal Repubic Of Somalialand Islamic Federal Republic Of Somalia State Of Palestine (if Israel allows) Union Of The Comoros Arab Republic Of Kuwait Syrian State Yemeni Federal Republic Arab Union Of The Aden Omani Sultanate United Arab Emirates Of The Persian Gulf (Present Day UAE) Republic Of The Rub' Al Khali (Empty Quarter In Saudi Arabia) Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Second Turkish Republic (The First Was Before The Unification In This World) Kingdom Of Iraq North Kurdish State (North-Eastern Kurdish Lands In Turkey) Emirate Of Bahrain Qatari Emirate Republic Of Lebanon Second Kingdom Of Hejaz Just my thoughts
@@janetlazar1188 So basically the Arab version of the absolute cluster fuck that is the Holy Roman Empire is your idea. Got it.
@@robbieaulia6462 the holy Roman had no ruling (later on) authority the holy Roman emperor and the pope would try again and again and their were council like political bodies but they held little influence and the holy Roman empire was so little centralized that there wasn't a single moment of non infighting
"Pro-west Iraq" is not a phrase I thought I would ever hear...
So... Lemme guess.. you don't know Iran was pro-west aswell
@@kazuhiramiller1983 Exactly... they tried to make iran a west puppet and it backfired.
@@somethung8188 They didn’t want Iran as a puppet they wanted Iran as a ally problem is when allies don’t get along with your other allies you have to pick a side.
@@darth3911 if you want a country as an ally you don't stage a coup and overthrow the democratically elected leader installing a puppet monarchy instead.
@@tarekandnourhan7432 when the "democratically elected leader" chooses policies that are against ure way, they cease to be ure allies :P
Syria: so we are equal partners in this union? Egypt: *well yes, but actually no*
failed in 3 wars failed to keep the union jamal abd naser was the godfather of failures
@@tavfshl4314 succeeded politically though, I believe he went down in egyptian history as one of their best leaders...considering the state their in right now I doubt they'd oppose another one of him 🤔
@@hassananimations10 gamal abdulnaser is one of the most hated person's in Egypt right now and completely a loser that Egyptians nowadays make memes about him and made him like the god of failure He never did anything good for us except talking and left us with a defeat that we paid a lot of our blood to correct it No one absolutely miss him and Egypt now is making reforms and getting red of the bad economical system he established and all his bad legacy
@@hassananimations10 gamal abdel nassar was an absolute good for nothing worthless leader that Egypt was terribly unfortunate of being imposed upon. I know about this and I'm not even Egyptian.
@@shadyshawkey4048 not all Egyptians. many Egyptians still don't consider memes as a historical source.
There's a saying in Arabic: اتفق العرب على ألا يتفقوا. meaning "Arabs agreed to disagree".
بصراحه معاك حق، معنى عمرى مسمعت المثل ده
And it doesn't even have the positive connotation of the English expression like 'yeah we have diffrent opinions' lol it just means that the only thing Arabs could agree on is that they *really* don't agree.
@Mohamed Ashrf well i guess i should agree to disagree on your disagreement then 😅
العرب حياتهم كلها و هم يقتلو بعض و يتامروا ضد بعضهم
I disagree
Man, unlike CGPgrey, he actually delivers when he says it’s a story for another time
Still waiting for Indian reservations.
History matters generally doesn't go in depth in his research, notice how he completely skipped Palestinian, the seven days war, the gulf War and many more. All this could have major effects on why they the "Arab world" didn't unite. Yet he doesn't address them out of getting things controversial. He also doesn't even specify what the "Arab world" consist of.
@@dough2018 On top of that, the country borders he uses aren't always accurate for the time period. Sudan was religiously split north-south, but South Sudan didn't exist until 2011, so the entire country should have been greened in.
@@Weesee_I He’s talking about Arabs, so, he didn’t green the south.
@@eeeertoo2597 He's talking about arab *countries,* which Sudan was at the time. If he was talking about arab people, then why would he shade in the regions of Iraq with majority Kurdish population?
There was a similar issue during the crusades, part of the reason it took the Arab world so long to kick the west out of Jerusalem wasn't necessarily because they couldn't beat them, but because a lot of the Arab leaders were too busy feuding with each other to properly deal with them.
That's pretty common in most conflicts later seen as a "clash of civilizations", really just individual leaders pursuing their own interests. Even during the crusades Catholic rulers, even with the Pope nominally in charge spent as much or more resources fighting each other in Europe than they did crusading.
That’s what Saladin said
Until a Kurdish man took matter in hands
@@jarveyjaguar4395 a muslim man . It doesnt matter where you are from . The messenger of Allah, Muhammad said: there is no difference between Arabic and not Arabic People and between white or black person, but except in piety.( believing in god and doing good deeds and to move away from evil deeds , Obedience to Allah ....)
@@zaid9026 صدق الله و رسوله
Long story short: Dictators and Kings don't like to share.
Malaysia?UAE?
@@Alaryk111 i dont think UAE is considered a democracy.
Iron Law of Institutions: personal status and influence is more important than the success of an enterprise/institution/country/whatever.
@@benyamina8243 That what I meant. He said that kings/dictators don't like to share power but in UAE they could agree to share power among themselves.
@@Alaryk111 Not really, There is big names trying to rule alone in UAE
If Arabia united we could have gotten Algebra 2
Algebra 2: Electric Boogaloo
Except that Algebra was developed by Kharazmi, who was Iranian
Algebra is from the Persians Arabic numerals were originally from Indians but spread to Europe through Arabs, cus they were in the middle
Yes, Persian and Indian But they flourished under Arab rule in the golden age of Islam just like jews who fled Europe due to religious persecution To the United States
apple's lover Wait, what? What does this have to do with Jews?
Amazingly Gdaffi when his stab at Pan Arabaism failed he also took a stab at Pan Africanism and forming an African Union similar to the EU. He understood the need for these unions to balance the power of the other big states (US & USSR). There is still a growing call for an African Union which could completely transform the economy of the continent.
Thata why he got whacked
@@ahmedabdulkareem5715 Yeah, gaddafi was good and does great work at uniting africa but because of how big africa is on political,economic and geopolitical on it. Gaddafi wasn't enough and cannot do it alone
@Trinity Survival Systems EU wasn't a country but a partnership
@@zealord9425 They are trying to become a federal government.
@@elseggs6504 yeah fair enough
I find it interesting that none of the proposed or attempted Pan-Arab states included the Arabian Peninsula itself. Could it be that the Saudis have no desire to unite with their Arab brothers (and have to share that oil bounty)?
Im sure thats a big part of it! It would surely be the same for Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain, etc as they all have petroleum wealth of varying magnitude.
The Saudi Arabian Royal Family was also seen as ... I don't know how to put it midly ... not so good by everybody else. Still isn't. But Money and so, you know? They are also a big factor in the destabilizing of some arabic Countries, founders of the whole "Wahabism"-Stuff which the Taliban, among others, used. A radical islamic belief system, for which they train Imans in Saudi Arabia and send them all over the place, they also having fun in Yemen and so on. The only halfway "normal" place in the Arabian Peninsula is probaly Oman, which mostly keeps to itself and probaly prays that they don't get discovered by their neighbours nor by anyone else as "profitable".
@@DaroriDerEinzige The biggest problem in the way the US perceived geopolitics in the WW2 and post WW2 era is that the Persian Gulf was seen as crucial for global stability. This was an error. It may have been essential to maintain control of PERSIAN oil in WW2, but Saudi Oil wasnt important at that point. Allowing them to form an oil cartel was one of the biggest mistakes of geopolitics in the history of the world. As far as that relates back to the parts of your comment that deal with the prosslatizing (phonetical pronunciation) (ie proselytizing), i totally agree with you: Saudi Arabia, the source of radical islamist wahabbism is a menace to the world, and probably should've been toppled long ago (in an ideal world). However, in our world where it is 'woke' to talk about 'first peoples' and 'preferred pronouns', the plight of those beheaded in Riyadh rates way down the list of priorities for the idiots in the West (and sadly im one of them).
@@wildec2 I agree with you to a certain extend although I wanna point out; Saudi Arabia was needed for the geopolitics as it is. Also, in the past we've seen what happens when the Saudis tried to "press" the West with their Oil - and it wasn't pleasant for them. Sure, they have now billions of Dollars, but power isn't defined by the wealth of the individuals. In the greater scheme, those conflicts in the near east were needed as a weak Africa is for a liberal capitalistic world order. Otherwise, Europeans would be forced to either trade fairly with certain parts of the world or even cooperate with other parts like Russia. Which would mean Europe would probaly become more independent and again focused on ourself. It hasn't really to do with "Woke-Culture" to be honest, that's more or less a trend primarly there to focus our attention on other things than "How does lobbyism destroy everything which is good here.". Especially Europe suffers under its weak leadership, Politicians don't have to fear anyform of consequences and their main goal - and here the Party doesn't matter - is to gain wealth for their own. Things like the Refugee Crysis could have been easily avoided if we wouldn't have intervened in those Regions as we did and destablizied them. Also, the arabic Spring was sold to us as something good; it wasn't though. The War against Terrorism? The name itself is already a PR Stunt. But the crux on the whole thing is, big Cooperations made big money with those conflicts and still do, while Humans suffering. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Communist or anything like that - But personally I think the power should lay in the hands of a democratic State, which reforms and improves itself constantly and not in the Hand of some Cooperations which are mainly concerned with Profits. Long story short, yes - it wasn't a great decision to support Saudi Arabia in the way and form we did, but to this day it's needed for US Geopolitics. If we would wanna change that, we would've to step up and bring actually peace to some regions and change some things at home. We would've to stop to embrace mindless consumerism in order to be able to form a economical system in which labour gets fairly paid in Europe, and paid enough so that certain regions in Africa - for an example - can stabilize and develop themself. We've to stop to belief in US American Propaganda which serves the sole reason to shut you up and make you devout to a System which has mainly in mind to exploit you. Not everybody can become a Millionair, we all know that - But when the majority of wealth even in the west is concentrated on a few, it's time to wake up. We're, and you will find a great study in that regards from the Swiss - so no "Woke Culture"-Stuff in it - in regards to that, which states mathematically proven that we're (from the 1990's forward) the first Generation in History which will have less than their parents no matter how hard we'll work. That's an undeniable disgrace to everything Europe stand for - especially if we considering the fact that Europe expierenced one of its biggest economically growths in its History in the decades since the second WW. And I think, you don't have to be a "Leftie"/"Communist" or "Socialist" to be angry about that - But in many European states, there's simple no real "Middle" anymore, no real Conservatives. Because they got bought, they sold themselfs as the Social Democrats did - and until those things ain't broadly accepted and the people responsible for that development officially charged, we wont change european Politics I think.
nope imgaine the tax payment it will take to help rebuild , build infrastructure and all that accross like 8 to 7 essentaily poor or destoryed countries (besides jorden or Egypt or maroco that is )that intotal have more land then Saudia itself and more people too.. Also implement all these people to the working force /economies.. Sorry to say but no country would like to do that if it had a choice
The most interesting things in history are never taught in school
Most things are left out in high school history cause it can't be covered in a span of 3 semester lol go to college if you want to learn history
@RED RED Its half a year worth of school as theirs about 6-8 different subjects so the school year is divided in 2 and you can focus on 3-4 subjects per semester.
They are, it's just no longer considered interesting cause now you're being forced to learn it. If we were forced to learn this instead, people would find the current curriculum interesting.
Maybe because history is never ending and there is a limit on history schooling?
We study this in High School in France. There is a whole chapter about the Middle East from the ottoman empire to the Iraq War
“Let’s unite togather in one nation” “Yeah I’m in” “But I’m in cgarge” “No I’m in charge” “No I’m in charge” - Oversimplified
Fuck it, HRE-style elective monarchy
@@handlesarecringe957 ^
I see a fan here
this only need one main reasons. same enemies. the problem solved. and whose gonna in charge ? the one wo can manipulate all of them yes he will
This is how the f**k our f**king prisdent think he is an idiot
Deciding a leader to rally around is definitely difficult, but I would usually see it as which of the countries has a richer economy, better infrastructure, more arms, a larger global reach and especially resources (which I assume they all have). Piedmont drove the Italian unification and Prussia drove German unification for these same reasons.
Also unfortunately having a strong military would be a very important factor
Thats the exact problem, Most of the major arab nations were equal in strength and so there was no nation clearly leading the arab world
You could say there were a few same sized crabs in a bucket
but ig this would then become the case as is with russia and the other smaller ex-soviet countries
@@lorrainemapper7000 In circumstances of equal strength, something like the EU or pre-1860s US would make more sense
Videos are actual amazing mate the info and animations top class, been glued to your stuff for ages now.
UK & France: **draw lines on map** Middle east: Balkans 2.0
For real! 🔝💯
3.0 if you count the caucuses
💥Because the west divided our lands and chosen our leaders to keep their interest in the region and everytime we work to unite they intervene.
@Jason Ryan the west did not Turkey
@Jason Ryan my friend we muslims have not chosen our leaders and countries , the west chose our leaders and drew our flags and borders. and our leaders work for the interest of the west and America. i am an Arab and am willing to see the only one true flag waves above my head 🇹🇷 we muslims want Turkey and we support Turkey fully. Turkey = Islamic revivalism. i am not a radical or a terrorist nor i want war i want the west to piss off and never come back and we know the western governments are responsible not the people. we are aware of this 100%. i hope understand this our lands became battlefield between super powers and we paid the price heavily. we the muslims will oppose capitalism, communism, secularism and all political ideologies came from the west we only take the best of it not all of it and we want to unite muslims again not for war to end war. Turkey in the Eyes of muslims are the last castle of hope and i assure you Turkey can and will pull off this struggle eventually. you must understand please we don't want Europe , there wouldn't be any immigration or refugees if your governments didn't ruin us. sincerely. 🇹🇷 2023
Bottom line: "who is in charge?" this is the true reason why not uniting....
There should have been an election, each arabic state choose a rep and they choose there leader based on merits. It is not too late to do it
@@La-Illaha-Illa-Allah maybe it’s too late to make this election, but what I feel this won’t happen 😂😅💔
@@La-Illaha-Illa-Allah bro thats actually genius
Why not take the EU example?
@@robotube7361 Corruption
I absolutely adore the animation style and how nonchalant the people look
I have learned more world history in these videos than I ever learned in High School. Thank you!
Me in the group project: But who's in charge? 😂
me: u the other kid: no u
No one. Each do what you're good at but we stay together and look after and out for each other
But whenever I got into a group project all of us be like - not me! You be leader 🤭
thats why i always make vote system when I'm a group project
It could be like emirates, just like the Umayyad caliphate did in Spain and Arabia and Egypt and Morocco
Hey history matters interesting subject
He brings the best ones
Thats his theme
He is sometimes bad and unprofessional
@@firstnamelastname7079 when?
@@firstnamelastname7079 What you talkin bout.
There was an other attempt in unification for arabs that you didn t tell it was between tunisia and libiya Both governments agreed on a unification and quickly made an easy propsition on who rules and all else the only problem is that Tunisian people disagreed with the idea and didn t let it happen (also sorry if there are any mistakes i am not so great in english)
good english btw
@@melancholyflow2956 thx
@عبد الخالق١٩٩٤ I doubt he was serious, bourguiba always stressed on Tunisian identity and history as a continuous entity since Carthage
@@sabrina1380m that is so dumb, he is dwelling on past conquests, not letting his people grow for the future
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!
-Sees the title -Open Victoria 2 -Play as Egypt -Form Arab Union
Fezes off to you, my kamerad! Greetings from Misr!
lol
Me, an Intellectual: -Opens HOI4 -Plays Saudi Arabia -Form Arabia
@@math3000 rt56 fascist iraq is better
you guys are all noobs. why not make it a challenge and form the arab union as Jemen.
1:06 It deosnt say ''Stars, yo'' My pain is immeasurable and my day is ruined
Bruh
I can’t believe it
:(
Nooooo
@Triple B 3 Stars country hahahah. The jokes would be uncountable
“Death time” It’s these little quips that make me enjoy this channel.
2:32 "death time" I love this channel
The Germans had the spectacular victory in the Franco-Prussian war of 1871 which cemented Prussia's position as the dominant German power and gave the German people a leader to rally behind. The Arabs had the 1967 Arab-Israeli war where they got wrecked and left with no clear leader.
You must have not read about both world wars..
@@65tallmax Germany already United by the world wars
@@65tallmax by the turn of the century, the German collection of kingdoms had already merged into the German Empire, led by the Prussian King. Im unsure what the WW’s have to do with it
@@Zach_Attack1 The Prussian King had a title, it was Emperor of the Germans, reason was German Emperor sounded too close to the Kaiser ruling over all Germans in Germany instead of the German Empire being a Semi-Federal Empire with multiple Monarchies under one Monarchy
Actually saddam Hussain wanted to create a arab Country. Maybe that is one of the reasons why USA sanctioned iraq Back in 1990 or installed a puppet government in iran to make both iraq and iran to fight eachother to distract from these plans
So basically, everyone wanted to be the Red Ranger
exactly 😂
@@deadly_creature but his point still stand
a lot of good 1 sentenced summaries here.. i'm gonna knock it up a notch and offer just a single word summary: EGO's.
Great content!!
Koreans: ok we are now unified, who will be in charge? North: South:
South: Eurgh, me obviously, duh, I got so many bitches and maney' and had more higher index. North: I got nukes and I don't like everyone, including china. (Because me great)
Bill no it’s more like South: I have a bigger Economy and I’m more popular North: I have nukes, communism and a vendetta against the whole world
@@Wonderhorse9006 the south doesnt even want to be one country with the north, there's no way that could happen just like that, that would destroy the south
the north of poor af
Koreans should just abandon both democracy and Communism and opt for bringing back the monarchy (with some changes) in continuation of the Joseon era. That way, neither side wins but maintains the appearance of a little bit of both.
“Why didn’t the Arab world unite” The whole world- “looks a Britain” Britain-“wat?”
yes
exactly!
🤣🤣
@@AusLegoBoy THE ARABS MAYBE?
Well you could argue that Britain did the same thing in India (divide and conquer) but they had no problem uniting ...
Cool video. Always like to tune in.
3:40 Damn, James Castaneda, Gustav Swan, Marcus Ozna and Jordan Longley donated so much they got mentioned twice, good job lads
I thought I was the only one who heard that
Let me make it even shorter: No one could agree on who would lead it. Edit: Because the replies are pretty spicy, let me tell you here if it wasn’t clear allready, THIS COMMENT IS A JOKE.
.... and so it died. THUD
Or even shorter again: C.I.A.
Communism ruined any chance of its success.. all turned to dictatorships and failing states
Not to mention "Arabs" are pretty much completely different ethnic groups and nations.
they can only agree with one thing: off with the infidels! otherwise, they are totally clueless. that's what you get when your only goal is the afterlife. 72 goals all in the afterlife.
Short answer "إتفق العرب على أن لا يتفقوا" "Arab Agreed to Disagree" An arabic proverb
subhanalah
I can’t believe they were arguing over who should be in charge and no one said me times infinity!!
"Lets unite together for united Arab world!" "ok sure im in" ".... wait...who will be in charge?" *well so much for that*
*Cue outside meeting hall as gunshots echo*
should of done it the Malaysian way.
@@slewone4905 you mean that race based system?
get an asian guy there
@Netherlands Cassava nah only in england really i think
One huge factor is a lot of Arabs did not see other Arabs as part one big ethnic group, in a similar vain to how Norwegians, Swedes, and Danes don't see themselves as one big ethnic group. Too many differences have accumulated up over 1300 years. And each Arab region mixed in a considerable amount of indigenous culture: Berber culture in the Maghreb, Ancient Egyptian culture in Egypt, Aramaic culture in Syria and Iraq etc.
aramaic only in iraq plus ancient egyptian culture had already died out with the advent of hellenism you’re really naive
Precisely! Arabs have never seen themselves as a singular ethnic identity, let alone as a national construct. Such an idea exists only in the fantasy of the Islamic Ummah, which will never happen. Even Muslims cannot agree amongst themselves as to what Islam is supposed to be, exactly.
There is no such thing as "Arabs" for 1300 years. This is ahistorical fantasy. Arabic wasn't even a spoken language for most of the region 200 years ago. Pan-Arabism refers to a cultural and linguistic connection between different ethnic groups. Arabs didn't "mix" with indigenous people, implying the Arabs in those countries today are not indigenous which is patently false.
Ancient egyptian culture in modern egypt? I get what you're trying to say, but I feel like you're forcing in a few examples
Not to mention the countless tribes and tribal leaders
Forming some kind of EU like union is probably necessary step before unification. The answer to who is in charge should always be: we all are.
We already have the Arab league
@@bd5585 isn't Saudi Arabia in charge of the Arab League
That wouldn't work as in the EU both Germany and France are in charge. This is one of the major reasons why Britain left.
@@theunknownpersonism Of course not,its a league,not some kind of united states,the Arab league is there to improve economic,educational and political relations between arab countries and try to solve their conflicts by peaceful means,wich,like the UN,isn't doing a great a job at it
@@bd5585 isn't that just in theory and Arab League propaganda. Afterall, in practice the Arab League itself supported many of Saudi Arabia's recent actions such as their intervention in Yemen. Also the Arab League itself suspended Syria which was a political enemy of the Sauds.
“Alright, let’s unite our world together to become a national superpower!” “Awesome, so I’m in charge then, right?” “…” “So I’m in charge, right?”
Good video, but it missed some points: 1) Indigenous non-Arab communities within the so-called 'Arab World', most notably Kurds and Berbers, among others, resisted Pan-Arabism for they saw, and rightly at that, that it would mean forced assimilation and would threaten their already precarious position in increasingly authoritarian and Arabo-centric states. 2) Many Arabic-speakers, especially amongst the Christians of Lebanon and Shi'is of Iraq, saw Pan-Arabism as a Sunni Muslim project, which, whether Pan-Arabists intended or not, was largely true. So, they also resisted pan-Arabist projects. 3) Finally, I think the video overestimates how committed Arab leaders were to Pan-Arabism. It must be remembered that most Arab governments were (and still are) filled with corrupt and autocratic elites to the brim. They payed lip service to Arab unity to satisfy the street, but they were never that serious about Pan-Arabism because they knew it would weaken their control in the long run.
Shera 14 This comment is very accurate.
@@jel1951 Agreed I'm just commenting to save it.
This video plus your points provide a really good answer. Thanks! :-)
Shera 14 i agree but in point 2 shiite arabs are mostly pro pan-arabism( i am an iraqi shia) and christians are too except Maronites in lebanon
@@yousir1254 You're right. I shouldn't have generalized so much. Many Shi'is and Christians (and even some non-Arabs, like the Chaldeans in Iraq, and some Kurds and Berbers) in Iraq, Lebanon and elsewhere were, and still are, fierce believers of Pan-Arabism. Although I doubt most of them envision the same sort of Pan-Arabism that was espoused by Ba'athists and others like them. Also by Pan-Arabism I mean the idea that all Arab-majority countries and regions should dissolve into one state. I don't think that's very popular nowadays, especially in countries with strong national identities, like Iraq, Egypt, and Lebanon.
All history conflicts in a nutshell: ' You suck!'
@Hoàng Nguyên True
You miss spelled Jews
Except for that one Mesopotamian war where they fought over wood because "It would make a cool door"
Hi If possible could you please drop some further reading on this topic. Many Thanks.
Teaching me about my history ! Thank you sire
1:54 "The Syrian leadership approached NASA"
SYRIA, IN SPACE
Fun fact, head of the Federal Aviation Agency at the time was Najeeb Halaby, a syrian who was also the father of the queen Noor of Jordan.. he was the one in charge of the american supersonic airliner program ... close...
@@danieleliahushapiro4280 Very interesting! 👍
Nasser,the eqyptian dictator.
@@avatardele The joke You
Who's in charge? In the Arab World, not the people, that's for sure.
The people were always in charge, but if you want to be an asshole then look to countries like the US and UK, where the people aren't in charge to begin with, then you'll realise you were a hypocritical asshole.
@@saeedvazirian US? Really?
Except our beloved Tunisia
Isnt thtlat almost everywhere
Tunisia am I a joke to you ?
"Death time" is wildly hilarious
Like Ibno khaldoon said in his book al mokadima " all civilizations pass through the same stages . First stage : power . Second stage : weakness. third stage: destruction and rebuilding . And repeat
There would be a united arab state if the movement was sponsored by Kelly Money Maker.
ikrrrrrrr
😂
You know full well that James Bissonette would show up with a sign saying “who’s in charge,” within 5 minutes.
And the un would fedederalise with the help of james bisonette
Speaking of unity, talk about the short lived West Indies Federation
As a west Indian I am also interested in this topic
Also,Federal state of Central America?
Or North and South Korea........
There is a cricket team of West Indies which plays in cricket tournaments like the World Cup. Simple explaination: 🇦🇬🇦🇮🇧🇧🇩🇲🇬🇩🇯🇲🇱🇨🇲🇸🇬🇾🇸🇽🇻🇨🇻🇬🇻🇮🇹🇹 They all make up West Indies team
what about democratic confederal republic of korea?
Actually, the USSR proposed to the Western powers a moratorium on meddling in the Middle East numerous time. This included removing troops and bases, as well as a complete embargo of weapons to the region. The West said no.
Wonder why the USSR proposed that 🤔
@@cardenuovo To get the West weaker.
@@dumigamez397 it was so that the USSR could have sole influence and power in the region. not out of the kindness of their heart😂
@@cardenuovo That's kind of what I was saying, maybe not well.
@@dumigamez397 Yeah my response was meant more for the original post, not you, my bad.
Pan-Arabism in essence isn't a national, but imperial idea, but imperial and expansionist one. That's why unification is highly unlikely nowadays at the age of nationalisms, which usually call for separation and self-determination
But what about the droid attack on the wookies?
It is critical we send an attack group there immediately
@@koboz9321 its a system we cannot afford to lose
@Gamer Shooter general Kenobi
this is something more important than Arabism.
@@TheEnabledDisabled hahaha you are a bold one
That 'death time' post was hilarious 🤣
I don't know if the character holding up that sign was Saddam Hussein, but it could be him!
@@fransbuijs808 the coup was instigated by Abd al-Karim Qasim and his "free officers". Saddam didn't come to power until 1979.
People dying in History Matters videos is always a treat
ببساطة لازم ك مسلمين نحل مشاكلنا و نشتغل على نفسنا و ننشر الفكر الصحيح للعامة ، بهذي الطريقة نكدر نرجع و نوحد الكل تحت راية الاسلام ، لان هذا الشي مذكور بالقرآن اذا حاولنا نبتغي العزة من دون الله فإن مصيرنا الذل و اكبر دليل محاولات النهوض بدولة عربية موحدة خلال القرن ال18 ولحد الان كلها فشلت و تسببت بزيادة التفرقة بين الدول ( مثل حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي بسوريا و العراق كان بينهم خلاف على منو لازم تصير الة قيادة الحزب + اضطهدوا شعوبهم و ثنينهم نسوا الغاية من البعث العربي و هو توحيد العرب لتحرير فلسطين ) و القائمة تطول بالأمثلة على فشل توحيد الاُمّة العربية
Here in Nigeria they don't teach us about history they barely teach us about our own geography Buh ever since I've seen this channel I've been able to reach almost everyone I know about history 😅🙂🙂✌️ it's great
I'm Arab and this video is quite accurate unlike what I expected... Most of the Arabian people in all of the Arabian countries dream of unity and unification under one banner, but our governors have another dream to say the least 😅
The islamic state banner ?
@@raymond2925 Jesus man, lol
Arabian people’s? lol nah most of them are just arabic speaking
Imagine how big will be revolts and civil wars in this state.
@@havenlyal Being an Arab was never by blood. And even tho, the majority of Arabs are blood related because they come from a shared origin back before Islam and even Christianity.
Music video: دا حلمنا، طول عمرنا، حضن يضمنا كلنا كلنا Reality: "Yo bro I want my own Soudan" "Hey dudes, so uhm, we got oil now so we're no longer like, friends." "We gotta get more weaponry because our cousins who look like us, speak the same language, have the same beliefs, and share the same cause and values are getting more weaponry." (Morocco and Algeria) And the list goes on
The arabic part translates to that is our dreem of our life a hug that contains us all idk English very good so sorry for grammer mistakes
I like that there are Patreon names that repeat but he left them in
This, and since my younger age was my dream, to see all those countries under one flag. Although under a dictatorship regimes this is not achievable, a reason why I fought the tunisian dictator backthen in 2010 and put my life in at risk.
Pan-Arabism however has been dying over the last few years. As an Iraqi Arab I can safely say that Arab countries are trying to elaborate what distinguishes them over the other ones, rather than trying to find common causes and goals. Many factors contribute to this, but mostly is the Arab Spring consequences and the many proxy wars currently taking place in the region. Feel free to ask me anything regarding this matter..
Yes but I think unification on a smaller scale could be possible
@@kinanshmahell8065 In the modern world, unification isn't necessary. Even countries like the USA, Spain, etc. have internal divisions. And small countries can survive and thrive in the modern paradigm. There's no reason to go wide these days. Even the US which is mostly unchallenged, doesn't annex territory. Go tall. China is missing this lesson, and I think it will be its downfall.
@@sabilly1471 Iraq has been in one big chaos since October. Protests and sit-ins were encountered by lethal force and over 700 people were killed so far plus thousands of injured and arrested. The government resigned few weeks ago and technically we don't have a constitutional government right now. All major parties (Sunnites, Shiite, and Kurds) are fighting to get the most they can from the next period. So yes, chaos and separatism are dangerous factors today..
What do you think about the ssnp? A United country without the meddling Arab countries (gulf) Kuwait becomes a province of Iraq and hatay and khuzestan are returned to their rightful ownersn
@@cookiezen8320 As charming as that idea might seem it's almost impossible to work out. Especially under a fascist regime like theirs (despite what they claim we all know that they will turn Third Reich on us once they have power). Also, I can assure you that no Iraqi will accept Syrian dominance, yes Syrian and Iraqis have been always together for millennias but usually Iraq had the upper hand.
I love that whenever theres a youtube video with a question as the title, people answer the question before even seeing the video. Like its rethoric guys cmon!
The scales a bit different. It's more like, seven Arab city-states united.
This is the same sort of thing happening in the north, there's a notable group that wants to reunite the Nordic nations but the cultural differences between them are too strong to agree on a single leader.
Kalmar Union 2 when?
Ah, the question debated at the uncle table at family get togethers since I was an embryo.
Our freaking kings are the most kings who like to stay in their chairs forever
Never ending cycle of Arab leaders. true.
Trump: now I know where to go.
They are western puppets.
That's why Austria didn't unite with Germany. Now they finally got rid of kings, but they are banned from uniting until ww3 breaks out.
Arab countries are the servants of the westerners. I don't know what they will do when they run out of petroleum lol
I don't think I've ever heard the adjective 'communisty' before. I like it!
I guess it's kinda doomed to fail unless the participating nations all adopt a system where "Who's in charge" isn't really all up to the people in charge. At that point they could try again where they'll hold a special election or something like that to decide on who will lead the newly formed government. I would probably say there should be some cautionary rules to counteract unfair favoritism in the period of transition where people understandably might stick togheter and vote based on their original national identity or what favors them specifically before they all start to comfortably identify as one big thing. The ground rules would obviously need to be super carefully considered but one idea I have to accomplish the goal is a rule against voting for a leader from your nationality or ethnic group so that is eliminated as the main reason for voting so that every country don't feel like their representative should've won or suspect that the winner won that way and ultimately not accept the results. Like for example a Egyptian can't vote for a Egyptian leader but anyone else can if they think they're the most promising leader.
People should decide
@@human-bt1iz the issue with people is that they dont know what they want until they've seen what their choice ended up doing, A vote like that would have to have countermeasures against the country with the biggest population leader choosing a leader all on their own, mainly because it would end up causing division if someone like idk(I dont know their population count) egypt ending up choosing the leader with only the backing of one other country because there would be many states that would end up feeling like their votes dont matter, something like the Eurovision voting system could vote(basically cant vote for candidates from their own country) but having it be a big parliament with somewhat proportional seats according to population with like an added bonus of a few seats to the smaller countries and then having everyone vote in people of their country to those seats to then decide shit in the union by having those people forming up alliance blocks n stuff to get their proposals through, it would be a slow thing as all democracies are but atleast it would be somewhat fair
As an Arabian I wish if we could actually do it cuz if we are all united then everyone can give each other a hand and we as society can develop much much faster like imagine world peace even for 10year, all of the money that goes in the military can be disturbed to health and education it will allow us as humans to truly start making each other lives better than fear who will attack first Sadly people does not want to give power to others and the more counties the more people in power and as long this is the case we might never have true world peace
The arab ppl deserve to get united
Serbs: *quiet harmonika noises*
Press F for Yugoslavia
Bangbabangbabangbang didn’t the Croatians genocide first 😂
Efthymios Anagnostos nope
@Bangbabangbabangbang didnt the ottomans genocide first? 😂
@Bangbabangbabangbang Every state is founded on genocide. Ask Americans.
After watching Band of Brothers again last night, it made me wonder about a topic you should do good sir. I thought about a question, “what did the general German population think of returning German soldiers after WWII and how did they interact?” I thought of it because I realized how well received WWII vets were and still are here in the states, I’ve always wondered how they were received elsewhere in the world
Well, 'returning German soldiers' were just half of the 'general German population', because every male between 16 and 60 who could walk was drafted. So in general they were just glad when their relatives returned at all and weren't in a mass grave in russia. Besides there was total destruction and starvation to be faced in post war germany. No time to reflect on patriotic sentiments.
As far as I'm aware (as a Dutch person), Germany's view on WWII is mostly "nazis are bad, don't even go anywhere NEAR being a nazi, and let's not think or talk about the war apart from that".
“what did the general German population think of returning German soldiers after WWII and how did they interact?” They were happy to see their fathers, brothers, sons?
@@riveraharper8166 Good job at deliberately misinterpreting the question.
@@cronchcrunch Enlighten me then! So it wasn't the usual anglo-saxon crying for nazis then?
"Death Time" most passive aggressive sign ever😂🙈
Arab Guy 1: Let's unit into a great Arab state. Arab Guy 2: Ok but i will be in charge. Arab Guy 1: This isn't working. Forget it.
I feel like this guy is reading my mind when it comes to videos I want to see.
Cool, what's up next?
@@maninredhelm Spanish flu?
Arab Leader: "Let's Unite!" Other Arab Leaders: "Yes!" Arab Leader: "I'm #1." Other Arab Leaders: "Wait a sec..."
The signs they hold, I just cant lol too good
please do a piece on trinidad and tobago.
Hey, I really love your channel and work you do and here I have an idea for another video: how Poland gained it's independence in 1918 and how for the next few years the borders were being created. And also some info about the Polish - Bolshevik war should be added. I don't know how much you know about that but that's a very interesting story and it would make a super rich in data video. Keep up the great work! :]
Last time I was this early, countries still declared war before attacking.
I think, it's other way around
Yes alif Nah, if we're taking US actions into account
Leaders running through the garden gets me everytime
My main interpretation of the video, visavis all the other reading ive done on the subject, is that it was a failure of the leaders and the governments of the different countries to translate what the people wanted into reality. The shia-sunni divide is also a big impediment since the islamic revolution in Iran back in 78/79. That put a shia theocracy in charge of Iran. The region has been destabilized and threatened by Iran ever since; this has also made 'uniting' difficult. The best way to unite is via federation. That way the member states get to keep as much sovereignty as necessary to make it work, but the people then get to unite under one foreign policy, defense policy, trade policy, etc. and can freely move around within the borders.
2:11 ¨Nationalisation¨ I just love that part like the other video ¨Making friends¨
soooooo...nothing about France, UK or USA butting in to make things even more complicated for their own benefits?... ok.
Most of it was our fault actually we couldn't decide on leader and we still can't soo this really nice as dream but can never happen in real life
The british controlled many parts of the Arab States in Asia before the collapse of the ottoman empire and reason for this was due to Britain offering small Arab kingdoms to join their empire since they didn't want to join the ottomans. The only 2 who joined the empire after ww1 was modern day Iraq and Jordan. Both were moderately rich during their time in the british empire and after independence but we all know what happened to little Iraq when uncle Sam got involved.
@@hassanmohammed6755 but you cannot deny the west influence on the Middle East Plus people in arabia are so closed mind So they can't be someone who can be heard their opinions
@@hassanmohammed6755 as a morrocan i will be horrified if that ever had to happen my freind. the only thing that unites us is religion. nothing more or less.
@@swingo3224 dna religion culture language, and none of them connects us to the west. Im moroccan too but we are all from the magreb and we fight with the fosfate and petrol dollars instead we should be using it on giving jobs to the people. We even argue in english. You should take one of those boats maybe that way you would start loving your people. You would see them in europe living together and we could do that in our land too but instead we have confused chickens following politicians to poverty fear and hate.
The comparison to German unification was insightful
arab countries United together: america: alright imma head out
@Wehrmacht nazi deutschland Arabs only gulf countries and KSA And thay are united All countries who are speaking arabic because of arabs empire
@Wehrmacht nazi deutschland arabs only in the arab island which is KSA 🇸🇦 UAE 🇦🇪 Kuwait 🇰🇼 Oman 🇴🇲 Bahrain 🇧🇭 Qatar 🇶🇦
😂 America crushed Iraq’s military at its height in a few days. The best military tech even Saudi Arabia has is our outdated stuff we sell them. Local militaries in the ME can’t cooperate and share intel, so there’s zero chance a “united” Arab world would be able to successfully coordinate a military. It’s too tribalistic there.
@@user-zq6xx2zo4i and lebanon right?
@@phillipalexander7862 iraq is quarter the size of america if all arab army united they would crush each and every country and step on america dont believe just see and ask.
The real reason is the last two sentences that he did not even take 10 seconds to say them lol
No one wanted a unified Germany, yet they did it anyway, that is strength, weakness is blaming others for your failures
@@altayrstudio to be fair. No one stopped germanys unification. And if a country in the middle east began taking over everyone else Europe woukd certainly inteverne
@@altayrstudio I mean yes and no. They're going to have to unite and try their utmost best for it to work, but it's undeniable that some particular nations and groups are doing THEIR best to stop this from happening
@@altayrstudio tbh in the time of the unification of Germany, no country had half the influence and the reach of the USA or the URSS let alone both.
@@user-qd2uy4dg3z what are you on about? Nearly all of Germany's neighbours were trying to prevent unification. E.G. France, Austria, Spain, Denmark, PLC (Polish Lithuanian commonwealth) and Russia to name the most prominent examples.
Sounds like the same reason why the Federal Republic of Central America fell apart; nobody wants Guatemala in charge.
Yet only Guatemala could do so :(
What the fuck is a Guatemala???
@@luisphelipecarvalho5990 it's a central American nation
@@ericr.malice318 Thank you Sherlock
Luis Phelipe Carvalho Oof why would you ask if you treat the answerer like shit
You missed the United Arab States which came right after the fusion of Syria and Egypt when that union extended to absorb South Yemen (Yemen was divided in two different countries back then).
Iraq too
In my ideal world, I would create a federal council with a representative from each federal state (or former country)
but for some reason people like to have absolute control and don't accept anyone above them
@Taikutsu So ... like the European Comission?
The "sources:" section is empty in the description
You don’t sources to explain why it won’t work it’s pretty self explanatory.
@@Yrkr785 You need the word "need" or "require" on your essay sir.
@@robbieaulia6462 well sir you need to get to a kindergarten if you think a sentence is an essay
This reminds me of the drama caused by proposed guild mergers and cooperation in WoW
Christian Weibrecht The Orcs: “Those trolls have dumb accents!”
Would be a perfect what if scenario if the Arab world united or the Non-aligned movement during the Cold War and actually became an effective third side (4th if we count China as a separate power because of the Sino-Soviet split)
Not so because the US needs to tie up their dollars with oil and the Arab countries have a lot of oil
Fun fact Libya and Tunisia in 70s unified for one day so Gaddafi after he failed to convince Egypt and Syria he went west to Tunisia and proposed a Unification to Bourguiba and even he solved who's in charge issue by making Bourguiba (Tunisia's president) president of the new republic and he would be the army commander so Bourguiba agreed so The Arab Islamic Republic was formed but one day after the announcement Bourguiba changed he's mind and broke the Union, some say its because the US refused it since Tunisia pro western and Libya pro Soviet but most likely Bourguiba sniffed a coup d'état... this angered Gaddafi and almost a war broke out when Gaddafi kicked all the Tunisian diaspora from Libya and closed the border and tension rose the highest when he armed some people and sent them to Tunisia to occupy a city and start rebellion he even tried to pin it on Algeria which may or may not helped, so the rebellion was crashed within a week and France , the US and even other neighboring countries threatened him of war if he did that again.
I like the cameo from The Shah at 3:13