Egyptian nationalists were themselves colonizers of Sudan while being colonized by Europe

Evidence

By revealing the intrinsic alterity of the “colonized colonizer” theme in important articulations of Egyptian nationalism, my study challenges many accepted tenets of the binary relationship between European empires and non-European colonies still prevalent within the fields of postcolonial, cultural, African, and Middle Eastern studies. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 111

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the concept of the ‘colonized colonizer’ — a figure simultaneously subjugated by empire and exercising imperial power over others.