Talk:Arab socialism

Dumb usage question

Why is the "S" capitalized? Wikipedia tends to use capitals sparingly. Michael Hardy 18:06, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I disagree that Arab Socialism "politically and intellectually insignificant as a concept". It remains a potent idea among Arab secularists. It may have been overshadowed by fundemantalist movements with more access to cash and with the disapointment over the performance of Iraq and Syria. However it remains the basis of most Arab secular organizations. Even those who do not openly subscribe to it are influenced by it. One thing that may be interesting. A moderate Islamist told me once that if was not a "Muslim Brotherhood," he would be a "Baathist." At the end of day, it is all about trying to shake off occupiers and hegemons.

Capitalised text

Although I agree with the statement in capitals, it is obviously not neutral and I think it should be removed.

NPOV tag

Can the NPOV tag be removed? Arre 22:11, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Is anything ever nuetral? Think about it...

Neutrality is a Figment of YOUR Imagination.

Is anything ever neutral? Think about it...

Please read wikipedia:NPOV. Since there are no specific POv problems raised here I am removing the POV warning tag.--JK the unwise 15:35, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

List of Arab Socialists

On the reinsertion of Saddam Hussein into the list of Arab Socialists - I do not agree he was an influential Arab Socialist, in the sense that he had an ideological impact on the doctrines of Arab Socialism. Any genuinely Arab Socialist ideology he had, had been defined not by him, but by earlier Ba'thist thinkers (such as 'Aflaq). In an article on Conservative ideology we would include Margaret Thatcher and Edmund Burke, but probably not Richard Nixon or King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. Reason: while they were personally and politically conservative, it was not their thinking and theories that influenced people. If the list is to be expanded to every Arab politician who labeled himself (or was labeled) a Socialist, then it would go on forever. Arre 16:29, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm just slightly worried about how the list says that not everyone on the list supports being called an Arab Socialist..Should it be limited to public supporters of the belief? ~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.152.10.94 (talk) 02:36, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

similarity to the arguably non-marxian German National Socialism.

The rhetoric of quality for woman, while denying internationalism, atheism, resounds very much of Nazism as a self-conception of "socialism" in name. This had to have been noticed and quoted in a cited manner at some point. It should be added. 98.246.62.216 (talk) 18:54, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Notable arab socialist

i contributed in adding a list of arab socialist leaders to the article but the edit was deleted i added the following leaders (Gamal Abdel Nasser, Saddam Hussein, Hafiz al Asad ,Muammar al Gaddafi, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Mohamed Siad Barre and Ja'far al-Nimeyri)kindly let me know if thers any problem in the list thank you K3nyus0 (talk) 20:33, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: History of Socialism

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Rethinking Arab Socialism

I am a bit confused on the purpose and structuring of this article. The lead maintains "Arab Socialism" as a specific theatre of thought, distinct from other forms of socialism in the Arab world. The subtitles cover the "original" uses of the word from Aflaq and its later radicalization, only for there to be another distinct section about Nasserism and Egypt's development of socialism. So it seems to me that this article does cover developments of socialism in the Arab world, and not just Arab Socialism as posited by Aflaq.

I am still working out how exactly I would like to go about reformatting, but please leave a comment if anyone has any ideas or thoughts on the subject already. I am thinking of making subsections for different regions or countries, covering topics like transformations, the role of jewry in Arab socialist nation building, Algeria, Syria, Egypt, relations with the USSR, etc. Thumbop (talk) 02:00, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Maybe I am misunderstanding the nature of the article itself? Is it supposed to be a page purely about this one ideological strain? Why exactly is this article rated start class? Thumbop (talk) 06:19, 18 November 2024 (UTC)