Egyptians grew uneasy that Europeans ranked Egypt as African and colonizable.
Evidence
This was the uncomfortable realization that, in the eyes of western European cul- ture, Egypt stood somewhere closer to Africa than to Europe when mea- sured on a scale that calibrated the achievements of each civilization, and that Egypt was just as vulnerable to conquest and colonization as the Sudan. Against this tense and conflicted background, Egyptian writers and politi- cians labored to assert Egypt’s separateness from such vulnerability in their descriptions and characterizations of their own society. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 349 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims
Related
- Egyptians realized Europe ranked them closer to Africa than to Europe in civilizational terms (similarity 0.92)
- By 1882 Egyptians realized Europe ranked them closer to Africa than Europe (similarity 0.92)
- Egyptians feared being viewed by Europe as colonizable like Sudan (similarity 0.90)
- Egyptians feared being racialized as African and thus vulnerable to colonization like Sudan (similarity 0.88)
- Mubärak paralleled African experiences of being stared at with Egyptians in Europe (similarity 0.87)
- Some Egyptians saw themselves as empire builders in Sudan, not merely colonial subjects (similarity 0.86)
- Egypt positioned itself alongside Europe by measuring Sudan as backward (similarity 0.85)
- Egyptian nationalists saw Egypt as uniquely placed between civilized Europe and fanatical Africa. (similarity 0.85)
- Egyptians internalized a civilizing mission toward Africa to assert parity with Europe. (similarity 0.84)
- Egyptians learned empire by drawing sharper distinctions from Sudan (similarity 0.84)
- Egyptian nationalists regarded the Sudan as Egyptian property to be reconquered. (similarity 0.84)
- Egyptians produced their own Orientalist discourse about the Sudan and Africa (similarity 0.84)
- Egyptian nationalists were themselves colonizers of Sudan while being colonized by Europe (similarity 0.84)
- Egyptian writers framed Egyptian rule as a civilizing force over a wild Sudan (similarity 0.84)
- Egypt’s anti-imperialism was entangled with ambitions to recolonize the Sudan (similarity 0.83)
Broader Connections
- Egyptians feared being viewed by Europe as colonizable like Sudan
#corroborates(0.85) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 349 - Egyptian nationalists held a Janus-faced worldview of being colonized yet colonizing.
#expands(0.60) - Egyptian nationalism and colonialism became linked through racial difference
#expands(0.55) - Mubärak paralleled African experiences of being stared at with Egyptians in Europe
#corroborates(0.45) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 279