Aḥmad Nu‘mān, Beyrouth 1969 : l’improbable Yémen
In 1969, at the age of sixty, Aḥmad Muḥammad Nu‛mān, a leading politician in the history of the republican revolution in Yemen, is in exile in Beirut, after more than a year in an Egyptian jail. There, before a professor of the American University particularly attached to the idea of Arabism, he d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa
2013-05-01
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| Series: | Arabian Humanities |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/arabianhumanities/1957 |
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| Summary: | In 1969, at the age of sixty, Aḥmad Muḥammad Nu‛mān, a leading politician in the history of the republican revolution in Yemen, is in exile in Beirut, after more than a year in an Egyptian jail. There, before a professor of the American University particularly attached to the idea of Arabism, he delivers an account of his transnational struggle for political, social and cultural reform in his country. This article examines the paradigm of contact and transnational exchange as a vehicle for new visions of the world. But what about the interview that gave rise to the narrative? It is clear that, although Nu‛mān explains his transnational activities through a strong feeling of Arabism, his criticism of the policy of Gamal Abdel Nasser in Yemen dominates the narrative: he fails to present Yemen as part of a diverse, creative and vibrant Arab nation. |
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| ISSN: | 2308-6122 |