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==1937 Bloudan Conference==

==1937 Bloudan Conference==

The Sep 1937 Pan-Arab Bloudan Conference, attended by over 400 Arabs in Sep. 1937, was chaired by Naji al-Suwaidi, the former prime minister of Iraq, and vice-chaired by intellectual [[Shakib Arslan]] of Lebanon, former education minister Mohammed Alluba Pasha of Egypt and Ali Hurayki.  Syria was the most represented in the conference with 115 delegates. Arab Palestine was represented by 97 delegates, Lebanon by 59 and led by Riad al-Solh, Transjordan by 29, Iraq by 9, Egypt by 2 and Tripolitania by 1. In a sign of further pan-Arab support for the conference, solidarity messages and telegrams were sent by Ahmad al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait and by Islamic-oriented groups from several Egyptian cities and towns, as well as from Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.

The Sep 1937 Pan-Arab Bloudan Conference, attended by over 400 Arabs, was chaired by Naji al-Suwaidi, the former prime minister of Iraq, and vice-chaired by intellectual [[Shakib Arslan]] of Lebanon, former education minister Mohammed Alluba Pasha of Egypt and Ali Hurayki.  Syria was the most represented in the conference with 115 delegates. Arab Palestine was represented by 97 delegates, Lebanon by 59 and led by Riad al-Solh, Transjordan by 29, Iraq by 9, Egypt by 2 and Tripolitania by 1. In a sign of further pan-Arab support for the conference, solidarity messages and telegrams were sent by Ahmad al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait and by Islamic-oriented groups from several Egyptian cities and towns, as well as from Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.

After the official conference in Bloudan, a largely secret meeting was held in Damascus by more activist delegates called the Conference of Nationalist Youth. The meeting called for stronger action to unite Arab youth and preparatory committee was established to organize a second, larger conference to be held in Europe. Participants included Yunus al-Sab'awi, Kazem al-Solh, Taqi al-Din Solh, Farid Zayn al-Din, Wasfi Kamal, Munir al-Rayyes, Uthman al-Hawrani, Farhan Shubaylat, Akram Zuaiter and Sabri al-Asali.<ref>Raghid, Sulh. [https://books.google.com/books/about/Lebanon_and_Arabism.html?id=_p8wswEACAAJ Lebanon and Arabism: National Identity and State Formation], I.B. Tauris, 2004. pp.67-6.</ref>

After the official conference in Bloudan, a largely secret meeting was held in Damascus by more activist delegates called the Conference of Nationalist Youth. The meeting called for stronger action to unite Arab youth and preparatory committee was established to organize a second, larger conference to be held in Europe. Participants included Yunus al-Sab'awi, Kazem al-Solh, Taqi al-Din Solh, Farid Zayn al-Din, Wasfi Kamal, Munir al-Rayyes, Uthman al-Hawrani, Farhan Shubaylat, Akram Zuaiter and Sabri al-Asali.<ref>Raghid, Sulh. [https://books.google.com/books/about/Lebanon_and_Arabism.html?id=_p8wswEACAAJ Lebanon and Arabism: National Identity and State Formation], I.B. Tauris, 2004. pp.67-6.</ref>