Egyptian colonial officers simultaneously resented and reproduced colonial hierarchies.

Evidence

Fawzï and other Egyptian officers also had to confront the arrogance of Circassian officials who felt more allegiance to the Ottoman sultan than they did to Egypt, or Egyptians. And most important, this son of Egypt, so angry with those who would colonize his country, expressed in his professional actions and in his writing how deeply he believed in the Egyptian civilizing mission in the Sudan. Fawzï understood the pain and power of colonialism from all sides. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 553