Two generations of Egyptians sought national recognition through ties to the Sudan

Evidence

What makes Ibrahïm Fawzï’s book an important historical source is that he shared, with two generations of Egyptians, a struggle for a certain kind of recognition, on a national and cultural level, that bound them closely to the Sudan. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 572

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to broader literature on how colonized peoples claimed imperial knowledge-making roles as a form of proto-nationalism, e.g., postcolonial scholarship on indigenous intermediaries.