Egyptian nationalists denied Sudan’s colonial status by framing it as part of Egypt.

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

  • corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim
  • XREF: connects to: Egyptian nationalists construed the Sudan as an organic part of Egypt, not a colony; Egyptian nationalists treated slavery as Egypt’s internal matter with Sudan; Egyptian nationalists rejected the condominium’s equal-partner premise (+10 more)

Broader Connections