﻿ARAB 
  VILLAGE 
  COMMUNITY 
  — 
  TANNOUS 
  543 
  

  

  localities, 
  under 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  government 
  municipalities 
  

   have 
  been 
  established, 
  members 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  elected 
  by 
  the 
  people. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  tremendous 
  impact 
  of 
  Western 
  culture, 
  as 
  is 
  now 
  being 
  

   brought 
  about 
  by 
  the 
  exigencies 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  global 
  war, 
  one 
  wonders 
  

   how 
  this 
  village- 
  world 
  of 
  the 
  Middle 
  East 
  will 
  fare. 
  Will 
  it 
  succeed 
  

   in 
  absorbing 
  the 
  shock 
  and 
  maintain 
  its 
  stability, 
  as 
  it 
  did 
  in 
  the 
  days 
  

   of 
  the 
  Greeks, 
  the 
  Romans, 
  the 
  Arabs, 
  and 
  the 
  Turks? 
  Will 
  the 
  

   present 
  forces 
  of 
  change 
  — 
  the 
  tractor, 
  the 
  automobile, 
  the 
  radio, 
  the 
  

   gun, 
  and 
  Western 
  ideologies 
  — 
  prove 
  too 
  much 
  for 
  it 
  to 
  control 
  and 
  

   force 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  uprooted 
  with 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  humanity 
  ? 
  Or 
  will 
  there 
  be 
  a 
  

   chance 
  of 
  selective 
  acculturation 
  under 
  the 
  guidance 
  of 
  an 
  intelligent 
  

   world 
  organization? 
  

  

  