Kamil gendering the Sudan as a maiden territory earned by Egyptian blood

Evidence

The Sudan was a testing ground for Egyptian virility, for the individuals who had shed their blood there (fighting the Sudanese), and for the entire national project of independence at a time when the dominant worldview insisted that independent, self-reliant nations were by definition also regional, if not global, conquerors. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 726 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mapping the Sudan intensified Egyptian national self-definition; Ownership of Sudanese slave women symbolized rightful custody of the Sudan.; Kämil described the Sudan as the living spirit of the Egyptian nation (+10 more)

Related

• Kämil described the Sudan as the living spirit of the Egyptian nation (similarity 0.93)
• Kämil framed the Sudan as a wounded victim mirroring the slave woman Zanüba (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptian nationalism framed Sudan as Egypt’s soul through shared experience. (similarity 0.85)
• Egyptian nationalism treated the Sudan as a proof of national virility (similarity 0.85)
• Sudan served as the foil that defined Egyptian national identity (similarity 0.85)
• Kamil asserted Egyptian legal title to the Sudan over British claims (similarity 0.85)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed the Sudan was Egyptian territory won by Egyptian blood. (similarity 0.84)
• Egyptian nationalists construed the Sudan as an organic part of Egypt, not a colony (similarity 0.83)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed the Sudan as rightful Egyptian territory needing reconquest. (similarity 0.83)
• Egyptian nationalists conceived of Sudan as the nation’s vital spirit (similarity 0.82)
• Mapping the Sudan intensified Egyptian national self-definition (similarity 0.82)
• Kamil framed Egypt as rightful Islamic ruler over a fanatical Sudan (similarity 0.82)
• Egyptian nationalists saw mastery over the Sudan as restoration of past greatness (similarity 0.82)
• Egyptian colonial writers justified domination by styling Sudanese identity as deficient (similarity 0.82)
• Egyptian soldiers felt the loss of Sudan more personally than other Egyptians did. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Egyptian nationalism treated the Sudan as a proof of national virility #exemplifies (0.80) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 726
• Kämil described the Sudan as the living spirit of the Egyptian nation #expands (0.70)
• Egyptian nationalists adopted corporeal metaphors for the loss of the Sudan #expands (0.70)
• Kamil described Egypt’s looming loss of the Sudan as castration #complicates (0.65)
• Kamil framed Egypt as rightful Islamic ruler over a fanatical Sudan #expands (0.60)