The Arabs: A History part 1of 7

The Middle East Institute is proud to host Eugene Rogan for a
discussion about his recent book, The Arabs: A History (Basic Books,
2009), which traces Arab political history from the rise of the Ottoman
Empire to current times, exploring significant modern themes of
nationalism, imperialism, revolution, industrialization, Islamic
fundamentalism, migration and women's rights over the past five
centuries. Rogan, who regards Middle Eastern history from the viewpoint
of Arabs, concentrates on the postwar collapse of the Ottoman Empire,
as British and French domination ebbed, Israel was established, the
greed for oil transformed the region and a new generation repudiated
the era of nationalism and ineffectual leadership and looked to an
earlier proud history of Islam.


Rogans book has been widely acclaimed by scholars such as Avi Shlaim
to Rashid Khalidi, who called it a masterful, thorough, and
well-written survey of the entire sweep of modern Arab history.

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