Egyptian nationalists claimed Sudan as inseparable from Egypt while denouncing British imperialism

Evidence

Sharawï repeated all the Wafd's ideas about the Sudan, saying, "We must hold on to our rights with respect to the issue of the Sudan, considering the Sudan an inseparable part of Egypt, and not a colony." … In one such letter, sent to the press on 24 March 1924 she berates Zaghlül,"who knows as every one else knows that Egypt cannot tolerate her soldiers being forced out of the Sudan." — <cite>Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 856</cite> (#corroborates`, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Egyptian nationalists construed the Sudan as an organic part of Egypt, not a colony; Egyptian nationalist empire-building co-opted British instruments of hegemony yet still failed; Egyptian nationalism combined anti-imperialism with its own imperial claims over Sudan (+21 more)

Broader Connections