On 2009-Jan-01, at 17:35, Lawrence Sica wrote: >> Meanwhile the Arab world is still struggling with the concept of >> anything bigger than a clan. Well if the Arabs don't build their own >> nation states, they may find that one day someone else will. It may >> come about purely accidentally, as the world gets smaller, and more >> migration and travel and multinational companies mix up the local >> identity. But that's the direction, the arrow of time goes forward. >> > > I think this is a bad generalization. The UAE can't be classed that > way. And Quatar and Bahrain have moved well away from a tribal > system. You also have to look at the history of interference in the > area from Western powers to understand the current state of things. > The collapse of the Ottoman Empire did a lot of damage in the region.
They are run largely by royalty, dynastic tribal lines, and inheritance, mixed with Muslim religious principles.... what other aspects of the UAE are there? Stefano _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
