Egyptian soldiers under British command felt their service was forced labor.

Evidence

As Kämil put it, in Paris in late 1895,“The spirit which pervades every army in the world, the spirit of love for the motherland [al-watan], does not exist in our army. If any sense of nationalism appears in any one Egyptian officer, it is enough for his dismissal. Uniformed soldiers in the army, who cannot leave, consider their military service forced labor. The presence of one lone English officer as the head of the army is sufficient to kill any nationalist sentiment within it.” — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 718

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘forced labor’ accusation parallels Kämil’s later claim that Egyptians were ‘enslaved in the name of civilization’ — a recurring trope worth tracing.