November 06, 1981 (vol. 92, iss. 50) • Page Image 4
…OPINION Page 4 Friday, November 6, 1981 The Michigan Daily Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan J-sWAt VI Vol. XCII, No. 50 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109…
… work by investing it with a spiritual philosophy. This was pan-Arabism, virtually Nasser's own invention. He tur- ned it into a quasi-religion with himself as head priest. Under his rule, Cairo assumed…
… what most Egyptians felt to be its rightful position as capital of the Arab world. Nasser also was a man of the army. He believed that Egypt could stay strong as a nation only if it were strong…
… and the ongoing movement toward a final set- tlement of Arab-Israeli differen- ces. The immediate domestic con- sequences were positive for the Egyptian president. The nation was jubiliant at the…
… Egypt immediately was ostracized from the pan-Arab community it had helped create. Saudi Arabia, once again, quickly rose to assume Egypt's pre- eminence as the econoz of Riyadh began to don politics of…
… the region. SADAT'S PEACE wi opened the nation to lu vestments from the We: brought a degree of prosperity but it ci spiritual vacuum on th pan-Arabism died civilizational driving Egypt. The nation…
… deprived. Sadat's attempt fore fr to ignore pan-Arabism while for;- force for.cibly working to eradicate' for basic religious revival was a fatal ned t the mistake.- rtual in Although Sadat's successor…
… restore and the Egypt to reputability if not renewed pre-eminence among the Arab nations. mce also These are unpleasant realities ole of the for the United States. Never- political theless, Washington…
… to days. Next students will ask for major paper days. The list could …

