“Faced with masses of people who had not chosen to be Arabs, the Arab nationalists developed a doctrine that denied them any other choice… Increasingly their nation resembled the German Volk, a natural nation above all human volition, bound by the mystery of language and lore. Only the unity of this nation could restore its greatness, even if the price of unity meant the surrender of freedom.”
http://martinkramer.org/sandbox/reader/archives/arab-nationalism-mistaken-identity/
