Philip Khuri Hitti, The Arabs: A Short History (1960)
“ For the surface of Arabia is almost completely desert with only a narrow strip of habitable land round the periphery. The Arabians called their habitat an island, and an island it is, surrounded by water on three sides and by sand on the fourth. ”
Philip Khuri Hitti, The Arabs: A Short History (1960)
“ We have thus far used the term Arabian for all the inhabitants of the peninsula without regard for geographic location. But we must differentiate between the Arabians of the South and the North, the latter including the Najdis of Central Arabia. The geographical division of the land by the trackless desert into northern and southern sections has its counterpart in the peoples who inhabit it. ”
Philip Khuri Hitti, The Arabs: A Short History (1960)
“ Since the first World War these people have become increasingly conscious of their heritage and potentialities. Egypt now forms with Syria the United Arab Republic. Iraq in 1958 replaced its young monarchy with a republic. Ibn-Saud, the strong man of modern Arabia, carved out for himself and consolidated a large kingdom in Arabia. ”
