It’s odd, Julia, but a confession, a disclosure, is worthless when it comes at the wrong moment. If it’s too early, it overwhelms us. We’re not ready for it and can’t yet appreciate it. If it’s too late, the opportunity is lost. The
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“The conception of the organic unity of the nation also plays a role in dampening social conflict, since, simply put, any form of struggle over the distribution of wealth or political and economic rights can be interpreted as sabotage of this perceived ‘unity’.”
― Egypt under El-Sisi: A Nation on the Edge
― Egypt under El-Sisi: A Nation on the Edge
“As Fawaz Gerges has astutely argued, Egyptian nationalism developed in response to British colonization of Egypt, hence a concept of ‘sameness’ in opposition to the ‘other’ became prevalent.
Chapter 1: Genesis, page 31”
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Chapter 1: Genesis, page 31”
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