The Umma and the Dawla: The Nation State and the Arab Middle East by Tamim Al-Barghouti

The Umma and the Dawla is a timely and interesting engagement of the tensions between the concepts of the Umma, or global Muslim community, and the Dawla, or nation state, in the Arab world. A must read to understand the political and social dynamics of Arab Muslim political identity at a time of heightened discourse regarding the imposed and artificial borders that define the modern Arab world.

2008