Although politically non-homogeneous, the community of Orthodox Christian Arabs in Palestine was actively engaged alongside Muslim Arabs in the nascent Arab nationalist movement. This alliance gave rise to a series of interesting debates, such as those which surrounded the reform movements with a view to the Arabization of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. It was accompanied by rapid cultural changes: secularization, a significant increase in publishing houses (often owned and run by Christians), participation in historically Muslim festivals like Nabi Musa, the instrumental role of the Orthodox community in the creation of nationalist newspapers Arabs and significant Orthodox representation in the cultural sector in particular (literature production and in the visual arts).