ABSTRACT
The Arab world, composed of twenty-one independent states and the Palestinians, was until recently under the control of imperialist powers which often intentionally sought to divide it in order to facilitate its conquest and continued subjugation. The colonial powers often used education to control and divide the population. The chapter focuses on the present-day educational process and curricula in the Arab world to determine how and to what end they have been used, as well as what role they play in domestic and inter-Arab integration. It reviews some case studies of four states, namely Egypt, Iraq, Morocco and Lebanon. The chapter discusses the deleterious effects on the Arabs of educational policies in Algeria under French rule and in Palestine under the British and the Israelis. The word domestic refers to within-state integration as opposed to efforts which include and refer to inter-state integration in the Arab world, made up of members of the League of Arab States.
