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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Main Author: Juliette Honvault
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Language:English
Published: Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa 2013-05-01
Series:Arabian Humanities
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/arabianhumanities/1957
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description 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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Aḥmad Nu‘mān, Beyrouth 1969 : l’improbable Yémen
Arabian Humanities
narrative
republican revolution
transnationalism
Nu‘mān (Aḥmad Muḥammad)
AUB (American University of Beirut)
Arab nationalism
title Aḥmad Nu‘mān, Beyrouth 1969 : l’improbable Yémen
title_full Aḥmad Nu‘mān, Beyrouth 1969 : l’improbable Yémen
title_fullStr Aḥmad Nu‘mān, Beyrouth 1969 : l’improbable Yémen
title_full_unstemmed Aḥmad Nu‘mān, Beyrouth 1969 : l’improbable Yémen
title_short Aḥmad Nu‘mān, Beyrouth 1969 : l’improbable Yémen
title_sort ahmad nu man beyrouth 1969 l improbable yemen
topic narrative
republican revolution
transnationalism
Nu‘mān (Aḥmad Muḥammad)
AUB (American University of Beirut)
Arab nationalism
url https://journals.openedition.org/arabianhumanities/1957
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