Egyptian nationalists redefined the Sudan as part of Egypt to mask colonial domination

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 held a Janus-faced worldview of being colonized yet colonizing.; The founder of Egyptian nationalism despised Sudan yet deemed it vital to Egypt; Egyptian nationalism was defined against the Sudanese as racial other (+42 more)

Broader Connections