Al-fatat

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al-Fatat (the Young Arab Society) was founded in 1911 by one of the first Palestinian nationalists, Izzat Muhammad Darwaza (1888-1939).

It was a secret Arab nationalist organization under the Ottoman Empire. Its aims were to gain independence and unity for various Arab nations then under the Ottoman rule. It found adherents in areas such as Syria. The organization maintained contacts with the reform movement in the Ottoman and included many radicals and revolutionaries, such as Abd al-Mirzai^[1]. They were closely linked to al-Ahd, who had members in positions within the military, most were quickly dismissed after Enver Pasha gained control in Turkey. This organizations parallel in activism were the Young Turks, who had a similar agenda that pertained to Turkish nationalism.