National Film Board of Canada Presents, “The Middle East Series”, “The Upsurge of Nationalism”, “Narrator: James Beveridge”,

“[Shows] how selected nations of the Middle East (including North Africa) achieved independence, and to develop insights into some of the basic economic problems faced by these nations”

“The film first briefly reviews the history of the Araba region. Int eh 7th Century, this area came under the domination of the Arab Empire which lasted for 700 years. From the 15th Century to World War I, it was largely under the domination of the Ottoman Empire. Two of the major goals of the peoples of this region have been, first, to get rid of Western rule, and second to achieve unity”