Question

Why was creating a new government in newly independent Middle Eastern countries challenging?
Question 1 options:
A) Nationalism prevented the countries from uniting
B) New countries were divided about the role of religion and government and struggled to find balance.
C) Lack of industrialization made it impossible for these countries to survive independently.
D) Great Britain wouldn't give them their independence.

Answer 1

A) Nationalism prevented the countries from uniting

Throughout the Arab region, a strong nationalist sentiment opposed foreign control. This led to emergence of nationalist organizations as the National Party in Egypt, the Young Ottomans and then the Young Turks in the Ottoman Empire. Different nationalist groups had different ideas of the future of their countries and about how national communities ought to be formed.