The nahda’s print expansion created public arenas enabling Egyptian nationalist discourse

Evidence

More specifically, Albert Hourani has shown that westernization worked in the Middle East through the expansion of secularized schools—from pri- mary levels to highly specialized professional institutions—and books, peri- odicals, and newspapers that eventually came to be called a cultural awak- ening, or nahda, in the Levant and Egypt. This awakening created new arenas in which the most sensitive issues of the time could be discussed among a small but increasingly literate audience, setting the stage for nationalist discourse as print media expanded. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 78 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• Print media expansion enabled nationalist discourse in Egypt and the Levant. (similarity 0.95)
• Westernization entered the Middle East chiefly through secular schools and print media. (similarity 0.89)

Broader Connections

• Print media expansion enabled nationalist discourse in Egypt and the Levant. #corroborates (0.90) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 78