original_query: What is Saadeh's vision of nationalism?
query: What is Antoun Saadeh's vision of nationalism?
answer: Saadeh rejected Pan-Arabism and advocated for a "United Syrian Nation" encompassing the Fertile Crescent. He believed that nations develop through the common development of people in a specific geographic region, transcending religious and linguistic distinctions.  He considered Syria historically, culturally, and geographically distinct from the rest of the Arab world, tracing its history back to ancient civilizations like the Phoenicians and Assyrians.  He opposed racialist interpretations of nationalism, arguing that a nation comprises diverse racial groups.