The Abraham Accords and the End of Arab Romanticism | Webinar ft. Miss Iraq Sarah Idan

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Volume 14, Issue 23

“You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor, and you will have war.”

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The Abraham Accords and the End of Arab Romanticism


** By Hussein Aboubakr | September 17, 2021
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The signing of the Abraham Accords a year ago signified the end of an era of modern Middle Eastern history and the ushering in of a new, yet-to-be-grasped era. If the fall of the Berlin Wall was a watershed moment in European history, the fall of the Arab-Israeli cognitive wall will do the same for the region. The Abraham Accords are the first major step in burying an inauspicious era of Arab and Muslim romanticism and signal a defect from delusion to reality.

From Arab nationalism, Arab socialism and postcolonialism to Sunni and Shia Islamism and destructive sectarianism, all modern Arab and Muslim political thinking revolved in the idealist orbit of mythical romanticism. Middle Eastern romanticism advanced a complete and utter rejection of modern liberalism, capitalism and sensationalist rhetoric of self-idealization, idealist presentation and the abstractions of metaphysical dignity leading to absolutist, and often nihilistic, declarations.

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Featuring former Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan

After posting a selfie at the Miss Universe competition with Miss Israel, Adar Gandelsman, in a display of peace and friendship, Sarah received death threats and she and her family were forced to flee Iraq. Since then, she has gone on to found "Humanity Forward," which connects Muslims and Jews, Arabs and Israelis, beyond borders, differences in faith and age-old conflicts.
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