SALMAN F
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I think this was due the arab prideIt is strange because I have read that ancient pre-Islamic kingdoms in Arabia, Sham and Iraq were much less authoritarian than the Roman Empire next door for example or Persian one. Arabs were also known for their great solidarity and this can be seen in traditional Arab tribal customs where if 1 member of a clan or tribe is hurt, the other ones will help avenge him or come to his aid. Promises were kept too. Oaths were a very powerful thing and not taken lightly.
Another thing, Arabs had many more female rulers than other people in the region.
Some of the oldest recorded female rulers in the world (as well as some of the most famous ones - Queen Sheba and Queen Zenobia for instance) emerged in Arabia. Arab queens/rulers such as Queen Sheba (almost 3000 years ago), Queen Shamsi (ruled almost 3000 years ago) Queen Zabibe (almost 3000 years ago), Queen Mavia (1600 years ago), Queen Yatie (almost 3000 years ago) and Queen Zenobia (1750 years ago).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Sheba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabibe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavia_(queen)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yatie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia
Even an Arab women became de facto the only Caliph in history during the Fatimid era. Sitt al-Mulk (1021-1036).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitt_al-Mulk
So I think that democracy can work in the Arab world (Arabs are humans like other people) but due to weak central Arab states in the past 500 years, I think a lot of has been lost. People forgot some of their roots and history too. Many Arabs do not know enough about their history.
Arabs were very independent people who did not accept tyrants to rule them (did uprisings, changed rulers) but now some worship the modern-day ones.
Modern-day democracy is a recent concept. There was no real comparable modern-day democracy in ancient Greece as some people foolishly belief in. There was a meritocracy and only the elite had a say, a vote etc.
Also some anti-Arabs want to portray Arabs as anti-women but history clearly proves otherwise.
I read about the conversation between al nouman and kisra anoshervan when he asked him why the arabs don't have a single king he told him because every arab consider himself a king and no arab would ever accept to be ruled by other person
Also the nature of arab tribes is freedom and follow their leader only they are not familiar with the authority and governance
Quraish for example despise being a small tribe they didn't have a single ruler they had a kind of democracy and federalism they used to debate before they make any decision
Also I noticed the qahtanites had kingdoms and kings while adnanites were ruled by sheikhdoms and had tribal confederations only under the rule of kulayb bin raabiah the adnanites controlled much of Arabia and had a king