(1) Too bad his analysis is rejected, out of hand, by most Arabists .(2) However, in a deeply philosophical sense, the actions of both the Arabists in the Arab world and the Unionists in Turkey were an expression of a larger problem: the decay and final disintegration of the Ottoman empire.(3) But as they claim Arab descent and an Arab cultural identity, they make a convenient local ally for the Arabists .(4) Napoleon hired a group of Arabs and Arabists who would translate a series of pronouncements.
