Some Egyptian writers framed imperialism as a civilizing benefit for the colonized.

Evidence

Another well-publicized work that compared Egypt to England was Muham- mad Umar’s Hädir al-misrïyïn aw sirr ta´akhurihim (The Present State of the Egyptians, or the Cause of Their Retrogression), published in 1902. The secret, as Muhammad Umar saw it, was colonialism. With this word very much in mind, Salah Hamdï Hamad published another study of British ascendancy in 1906, with the simple title Nahnu wa al-Rüqï (Our Progress). This too presented a mirror of England in an effort to teach Egyptians the art of national self-determination, but it went further toward explaining how to recreate the Egyptian empire. It was important for Egyptians to understand that true imperialism [isti`mär] benefited everyone.Through one community’s settlement in another’s land, for the purpose of making a liv- ing, the exchange of expertise about trade, crafts, and agricultural develop- ment was spread to the host country. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 758

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• DEFINE: Clarifies the term isti’mar (colonization/imperialism) as used by Egyptian thinkers.

Related

• Egyptian writers occupied a colonial limbo unlike other colonized literatures (similarity 0.89)
• Egyptian imperialism defined Egypt as separate from and closer to Europe than the Sudan. (similarity 0.89)
• Egyptian intellectuals studied British imperial success to emulate it. (similarity 0.86)
• British colonialists and Egyptian nationalists agreed on the civilizing mission’s goal for slave women (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptians internalized a civilizing mission toward Africa to assert parity with Europe. (similarity 0.85)
• Egyptian nationalism fused anti-imperialism with the desire to re-subjugate the Sudan (similarity 0.85)
• Egyptians learned empire by drawing sharper distinctions from Sudan (similarity 0.85)
• Egyptian nationalists framed colonizing Sudan as an act homeland patriotism (similarity 0.85)
• Egyptian nationalists sought to become empire-builders alongside Europeans (similarity 0.85)
• Egypt’s colonizing discourse toward Sudan was a projection of European civilizing ideology. (similarity 0.85)
• Some Egyptians saw themselves as empire builders in Sudan, not merely colonial subjects (similarity 0.84)
• Egyptian thinkers redefined imperialism so only foreigners could colonize (similarity 0.84)
• Egypt was simultaneously colonized by Britain and eager to recolonize the Sudan. (similarity 0.84)
• Egyptian writers saw adopting European ways as a path to imperial power (similarity 0.84)
• Mubarak saw Egyptian colonialism in Sudan as necessary self-strengthening (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Egyptian writers framed Egyptian rule as a civilizing force over a wild Sudan #exemplifies (0.90) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 349
• Some Egyptians saw themselves as empire builders in Sudan, not merely colonial subjects #corroborates (0.75) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 505
• The colonized also wield knowledge-as-power discourses against those they colonize #expands (0.70)
• Egyptian nationalism combined anti-imperialism with its own imperial claims over Sudan #corroborates (0.70)
• Egyptians produced their own Orientalist discourse about the Sudan and Africa #expands (0.65)