Really?
There hasn't been a large Arab state since the Middle Ages. The Ottomans were Turks, & their rule was resented by many Arabs. They lost control of the peripheral Arab parts of their empire quite quickly, only re-establishing control over some territories (Yemen, Libya) in the 19th century. North Africa was not divided up by colonial powers: it divided itself. Morocco was always independent. What is now Algeria, Tunisia & Libya divided itself, under nominal Ottoman rule, into several self-governing states. In the 19th century these were consolidated into the current Algeria (by French conquest, uniting Algiers (an effectively independent Ottoman regency, with hereditary governors), the semi-independent deyliks of Oran & Constantine, & the interior (effectively independent Berber & Arab tribes) into one state.
Tunisia was another nominally Ottoman regency, with hereditary governors (one family from 1705 to 1881) who were effectively independent. They signed treaties with foreign states without reference to the Ottomans, had their own army & navy, etc.
Libya - nominally Ottoman but independently operating Tripoli, tribal interior. The Ottomans re-conquered (very easily: the state had fallen apart with the end of income from piracy) Tripoli, but most of Libya came under the control of the Senussi.
The Ottomans did not really rule much of the Arab lands. Instead, the Arab lands nominally under Ottoman rule were mostly self-governing internally, with their own armed forces, but subject to the threat of Ottoman invasion if they did not co-operate, & with hostile rulers overthrown & replaced with someone more compliant when possible. They had to support the Ottomans with money, soldiers & ships when demanded. Sometimes the Ottomans authorised one province (e.g. Egypt) to invade another (e.g. Syria). This is hardly the model of state I think you want. It's more a powerful state/client state relationship, run in a violent & predatory manner.
The interior of Arabia was independent except when it misbehaved too much, as when the first Saudi state invaded Hejaz, & was destroyed by Egyptian armies. But they withdrew, & let Nejd revert to independence. The Persian Gulf states were effectively independent in the 18th century, playing off Persia & Turkey against each other, & Oman had its own little empire. No Ottoman governors when the British sent residents (never conquered, never ruled: treaties & advisers) to encourage the locals to give up piracy.
The Ottomans briefly conquered Yemen, then left it to itself until the 19th century, when they retook much of it. But they recognised the Zaidi state, which re-established control over all the north after WW1. No colonial division there.
