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The purpose of this research is to shed light on the concept of "Natural Syria", and to study Syrian social nationalism's ideas and theory, and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) as a practical form for that theory. Also, the research studies and analyzed the impact of Antoun Saadeh's1 literature and speeches (1932 – 1949) on the promotion of social nationalism
and Syrians' national identity. Moreover, the study attempts to discuss the future vision of Saadeh regarding victory, independence, and sovereignty through his phrases, statements, and practices, and the impact of those
visions on the future of Syria.
In analyzing Saadeh's speeches, the study employs Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis. The approach highlights three main stages, namely "description of the text, interpretation of the relationship between text and interaction, and explanation of the relationship between interaction and social context" (Boisen, 2011, p.26). Interviews were conducted with eleven people to combine different perspectives from academic, and political people in Lebanon and Jordan to determine the
impact of the speeches and practices on consolidating the national identity.
Through the findings of the research and the interviews, this research recommends the need for more academic study about social nationalism in the Levant and Iraq region. This will provide a better knowledge and understanding for future studies of Middle East ideologies and social nationalism, and for the implementation of social nationalism on the future of the Syrian nation.
1 A Lebanese philosopher, writer and politician who was executed in 1949 for his thoughts. He was the founder of the "Syrian Social Nationalism" ideology, by that he tried to create a narrow regional identity in the Arab East that transcends the general identity of the Arab- Islamic identity, so was his call to the Syrian identity, the unit of Syrian territory to pre-Sykes- Picot within one state. In 1932, he established the "Syrian Social Nationalist Party" where he introduced his ideology to the world.
