Before reading the article, I was ignorant to the Western imperialism that Arab nations experienced, and how that engendered and propelled Arab nationalism. I leaned of how state, sub-state, and Arab nationalism all compete with each other for priority by Arab countries. It was a bit challenging to read this article with my limited knowledge of Middle Eastern politics and history, but now I think I have become familiar with some general ideas and concepts pertaining to Arab nationalism and the difficulties in its way.