I am thinking of a writing a TL based on an alternate Arab Spring. The basic idea is to have an obscure (fictional) philosopher create a new ideology that is a blend of Nasserist Pan-Arabism with radical liberal democratic ideals. He writes and secretly publishes this in the '90s and is influenced by John Locke and Rousseau. He is executed by the regime* on trumped up charges and dies largely unmourned. His ideas are rediscovered in the late 2000s as dissidents across the Middle East link up online and he overnight becomes the philosophical basis for a spanking new ideology. Republican Pan-Arabists create an effective underground and start co-coordinating an international uprising. Think something like the committees of correspondence during ARW only online and a far more grassroots level approach. Regimes crack down ever more harshly on dissent and in spring of 2011 it finally gets the spark it needs to burst forth...
If there is enough interest in this then I will start writing down the TL and putting in the time for research. Any criticism, thoughts are welcome. Any relevant sources for research on this would be great.
* I am leaning towards either Syria, Iraq or Egypt as country of origin.
If there is enough interest in this then I will start writing down the TL and putting in the time for research. Any criticism, thoughts are welcome. Any relevant sources for research on this would be great.
* I am leaning towards either Syria, Iraq or Egypt as country of origin.
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