Zakī al-Arsūzī (in
Arabic: زكي الأرسوزي;
Latakia, June 1899 –
Damascus, 2 July 1968) was a Syrian philosopher,
philologist,
sociologist, historian, and
Arab nationalist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of
Ba'athism and its political movement. He published several books during his lifetime, most notably
The Genius of Arabic in its Tongue (1943).