The Arab Awakening is a 1938 book by George Antonius, published in London by Hamish Hamilton.

According to Martin Kramer, The Arab Awakening "became the preferred textbook for successive generations of British and American historians and their students".

He argued that the Arab nation (which consists of racial and cultural-linguistic elements) was "dormant" for centuries, and that institutions established by Protestant missionaries and educators from the United States had a specific role in the renewal and "awakening" of Arabic as a national language.

These officers proved particularly useful during World War I after the leadership of the movement openly shifted allegiance to support the Entente.

This correspondence between the British High Commissioner in Egypt and the Sherif of Mecca occurred between October 1915 and January 1916 and was not officially released until the 1939 London Conference.