Zaki al-Arsuzi
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Zaki al-Arsuzi was a Syrian philosopher, philologist, sociologist, historian, and Arab nationalist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of Ba'athism and its political movement. He p
al-Arsuzi before 1939
al-Arsuzi as seen in the early 1960s
Ba'ath Party
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The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, also known simply as the Baʽath Party, was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi. The party espou
Zaki al-Arsuzi
…and Salah al-Din al-Bitar's Arab Ba'ath Movement, which subscribed to a nearly identical doctrine. In 1947, the two movements merged, forming a single Arab Ba'ath Party. Despite the merger, Al-Arsuzi neither attended its founding conference nor was given membership. During the rest of the 1940s and 1950s, al-Arsuzi…
Michel Aflaq (left) and Salah al-Din Bitar (right) with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (centre) in 1958. The three leaders were prime advocates for a pan-Arab union
Part of the 1947 Ba'ath Party constitution
Akram al-Hourani (left) with Michel Aflaq, 1957.