Rethinking Nationalism in the Arab Middle East presents a rich selection of essays arranged around broad themes of study: academic constructions of nationalist history, nationalist presentations of Arab histories, conflict among competing nationalist visions, and more.

The studies include Reeva Simon on the Iraqi regime's attempt to establish a unitary Arab nationalism; Donald Reid on tensions in Egyptology between native Egyptians and their Western counterparts; Musa Budeiri on Islam and Palestinian national identity. This innovative collection inaugurates a more multidimensional dialogue on nationalism in the Middle East than any previous work on the subject, and will be a much-needed resource for students, teachers, and scholars.