Egyptian intellectuals adopted the Orientalist self-image within a few years

Evidence

‘It is we who have placed ourselves in this position. There is one thing that unites us all in the Orient: our past greatness and our present backwardness.’ — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 525 (#expands, via linked claim)

I would like to contend that such applications, not only did take place but are continuing on a fairly wide scale. Furthermore, falling in the temptations against which Said has warned engenders what may be called Orientalism in Reverse. — Sadik Jalal al-‘Azm, Orientalism and Orientalism in Reverse, 112 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Egyptian intellectuals internalized the Orientalist self-image of past greatness and present backwardness — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 525; Egyptian intellectuals translated European imperial self-analysis into reform literature — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 757; Western Romantic Arabism eventually shaped Arabs’ own self-image retrospectively — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 836 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Egyptian intellectuals internalized the Orientalist self-image of past greatness and present backwardness #expands (0.95) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 525
• Orientals themselves have adopted Orientalist frameworks and applied them to their own cultures. #corroborates (0.92) — Sadik Jalal al-‘Azm, Orientalism and Orientalism in Reverse, 112