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Arsalan, Shakib

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    Arsalan, Shakib

    (d. 1946 )

    Druze reformist, activist, and writer. Played an important role in Arab/Islamic politics between the two world wars. Served as Ottoman administrator and in the Ottoman parliament in 1914 . Loyalty to the Ottoman Empire led him to oppose Sharif Husyan 's Arab revolt in 1916 , warning of the advent of European imperial powers. Exiled after World War I to Geneva, where he founded the anti-European journal Le Nation arabe. Died as an advocate of the Axis powers.

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