Suleiman Al-Nabulsi and His Position on Arab Nationalist Causes

Abstract

This study addressed the position of Suleiman Al-Nabulsi on many Arab and national causes, as Al-Nabulsi is considered one of the men of Jordan had a prominent role in the Jordanian and Arab political life. His life reflected  to a large extent the  reality of  political life and its interactions in the  Jordanian arena and the Arab world at large ,this study aims to underline  Al-Nabulsi ’s position regarding all causes at Jordanian  and Arab national levels , such as the Palestinian situation, Arab unity, the Algerian revolution, the Baghdad Pact, the tripartite aggression against Egypt and other Jordanian  and national causes, in addition to clarifying Al-Nabulsi ’s philosophy of national loyalty, which stems from principle of  Arab existence unity. he is one of the prime ministers in Jordan who did not limit nationalism just at Jordan’s level , besides  his role in the social reform that aims to attain more of democracy and opposition to foreign mandates which he considered as a form of colonialism  (Al-Mousa, 1986, p. 57), and therefore it was natural that this philosophy will be in conflict with the philosophy of the state which aims to maintain its entity and independence ,the descriptive historical method was used that  relies on the historical events as they appeared in their sources ,and to apply critical approach and analyze them in a scientific ,rational  and neutral objectivity far from prejudice .the study reached  many conclusions some of which are :the national philosophy of Al-Nabulsi that  transcends the political and geographical boundaries of Jordan ,because he upholds the high values and ideals in his calculations ,and in fact he tried to subject reality to those values , also President Nasser’s  ideas regarding unity has a great impact on his personality ,so he experienced a conflict between the loyalty to the  country ,and the loyalty to Arab nationalism  by president Nasser ,so naturally he saw no conflict between the two loyalties to the country on the one hand and the larger Arab nationalism on the other hand  (Al-Mousa 1986 ,P 58 ), but the two loyalties complimented each other and he defended this concept  until the last day of his life.