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The emergence of Iranian nationalism: race and the politics of dislocation

This period was very important as despite the continued colonialism of the region—beyond the Arabian Peninsula—movements continued demanding independence and political rights. Egypt and the mandated territories (with the exception of Palestine) had forms of parliamentary democracy with liberal politics. It is true that the Hashemite dynasty held sway in Iraq and Jordan and there was a constitutional monarchy in Egypt. Nonetheless, the political system in the region was not substantially different to its counterparts that existed in many parts of Western Europe at the time. The role of political Islam, namely the Muslim Brotherhood, Salafism and Shiite Fundamentalism, was indeed significant in the rise and fall of many existing Arab regimes. Detailed discussion of such vital themes would have contributed in the assessment of the Arab Spring as an important episode in Arab—and general—contemporary political history. The manuscript stands as a good introductory volume to contemporary Arab history: an excellent reference work that with other elaborative volumes would constitute a significant contribution to any Middle Eastern library.