How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs. The Syrian Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Liberal-Islamic Alliance

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The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when representative democracy became a political option for Arabs - and how the West denied the opportunity.
When Europe`s Great War engulfed the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalists rose in revolt against their Turkish rulers and allied with the British on the promise of an independent Arab state. In October 1918, the Arabs` military leader, Prince Faisal, victoriously entered Damascus and proclaimed a constitutional government in an independ

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