George Antonius

To his right is Lord Halifax , and to his left, Malcolm MacDonald George Habib Antonius , CBE (hon.) ( ; October 19, 1891-May 21, 1942) was a Lebanese - Egyptian author and diplomat, settled in Palestine , one of the first historians of Arab nationalism . Born in Deir al Qamar in a Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christian family, he served in the British Mandate of Palestine . His 1938 book The Arab Awakening was written as Palestine was slipping from Arab control. His book generated an ongoing debate over such issues as the origins of Arab nationalism, the significance of the Arab Revolt of 1916, and the machinations behind the post - World War I political settlement in the Middle East. Antonius traced Arab nationalism to the reign of Mehmet Ali Pasha in Egypt . He argued that Arab nationalism was a product of the West , especially of Protestant missionaries from Britain and the United States . He saw the role of the American University of Beirut (originally the Syrian Protestant College) as central to this development. While writing The Arab Awakening , Antonius was a tenant at this house, belonging to the Mufti. George Antonius is viewed as the founder of modern Arab nationalist history. According to Martin Kramer , The Arab Awakening "became the preferred textbook for successive generations of British and American historians and their students". Some modern historians, like Kramer, disagree with Antonius' work, rejecting certain conclusions he has made. "Ambition, Arabism, and George Antonius" in Arab Awakening and Islamic Revival: The Politics of Ideas in the Middle East , ed.

George Habib Antonius , CBE (hon.) ( ; October 19, 1891 – May 21, 1942) was a Lebanese-Egyptian author and diplomat, settled in Jerusalem , one of the first historians of Arab nationalism . Born in Deir al Qamar in a Lebanese Eastern Orthodox Christian family, he served as a civil servant in the British Mandate of Palestine . His 1938 book The Arab Awakening generated an ongoing debate over such issues as the origins of Arab nationalism, the significance of the Arab Revolt of 1916, and the machinations behind the post-World War I political settlement in the Middle East.

George Antonius Tombstone of George Antonius at the Orthodox cemetery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem . The epitaph says "heed and awaken, O Arabs". George Habib Antonius , CBE (hon.) ( ; October 19, 1891 – May 21, 1942) was a Lebanese-Egyptian author and diplomat, settled in Jerusalem , one of the first historians of Arab nationalism . Born in Deir al Qamar in a Lebanese Eastern Orthodox Christian family, he served as a civil servant in the British Mandate of Palestine . His 1938 book The Arab Awakening generated an ongoing debate over such issues as the origins of Arab nationalism, the significance of the Arab Revolt of 1916, and the machinations behind the post-World War I political settlement in the Middle East.

Lebanese-Egyptian author, historian, and diplomat (1891–1942) Tombstone of George Antonius at the Orthodox cemetery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem . The epitaph says "Heed and awaken, O Arabs". George Habib Antonius , CBE (hon.) ( ; October 9, 1891 – May 21, 1942) was a Lebanese author and diplomat who settled in Jerusalem . He was one of the first historians of Arab nationalism . Born in Deir al Qamar to a Lebanese Eastern Orthodox Christian family, he served as a civil servant in the British Mandate of Palestine . His 1938 book The Arab Awakening generated an ongoing debate over such issues as the origins of Arab nationalism, the significance of the Arab Revolt of 1916, and the machinations behind the post-World War I political settlement in West Asia and North Africa.

Lebanese author, historian, and diplomat (1891–1942) Tombstone of George Antonius at the Orthodox cemetery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem . The epitaph says "Heed and awaken, O Arabs". George Habib Antonius , CBE (hon.) ( Arabic : جورج حبيب أنطونيوس ; October 19, 1891 – May 21, 1942) was a Lebanese author and diplomat who settled in Jerusalem . He was one of the first historians of Arab nationalism . Born in Deir al-Qamar to a Lebanese Eastern Orthodox Christian family, he served as a civil servant in the British Mandate of Palestine . His 1938 book The Arab Awakening generated an ongoing debate over such issues as the origins of Arab nationalism, the significance of the Arab Revolt of 1916, and the machinations behind the post- World War I political settlement in the Arab world . In the book, he raised concern about the fate of religious coexistence in Palestine in the face of Zionist colonization, while also recognizing the horror of anti-Jewish Nazism . Age of coexistence: the ecumenical frame and the making of the modern Arab world .