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The major change [in post WWII Cairo] was the replacement of British institutions and individuals by the victorious Americans, the old Empire giving way to the new…” (pg. 82) I’m nearly trembling while reading this. This is exactly the findings I discovered in Post WWII Lebanon within my own independent research. Having one of my conclusions on Lebanon to be a potential Pan-Arab trend is mind boggling.

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Vance Miguel Johnson is on page 84 of 336

“At the core of each subject [within my American school textbooks] there seemed to be a family […] there was always a Sis, Mom, and Dad, plus assorted family and household members, including a large black woman housekeeper with an extremely exaggerated expression of either sadness or delight on her face.” SO THE YANKEES PULLED UP AND INTRODUCED RACIST MAMI DEPICTIONS TO ARAB KIDS AFTER WWII?! DUDE!!!!!

— 12 hours, 4 min ago

Vance Miguel Johnson is on page 75 of 336

“The artificial quality of what we were, a family determined to make itself into a mock little European group despite the Egyptian and Arab surroundings […]” (pg. 75)

— 12 hours, 14 min ago

Vance Miguel Johnson is on page 80 of 336

I enjoyed the descriptions of Edward reactions as an adult to the Kodak film photos than the descriptions of the actual photos.

— Feb 22, 2026 06:30AM

Vance Miguel Johnson is on page 72 of 336

First, Flesh, then Raja the Gullible, and now this? Why are all these books coming to me now with questions of boyhood sexualization? Weird coincidence.

— Feb 16, 2026 10:41PM

Vance Miguel Johnson is on page 64 of 336

At first, I wished that the segment on body shame would move on faster, but now I understand that this is a big part of identity. It does feel relatable.

— Feb 15, 2026 07:57AM

Vance Miguel Johnson is on page 63 of 336

— Feb 14, 2026 08:08AM

Vance Miguel Johnson is on page 59 of 336

— Feb 13, 2026 09:19AM

Vance Miguel Johnson is on page 57 of 336

How intimate to know who his crush was at nine years old

— Jan 15, 2026 11:00PM

Vance Miguel Johnson is on page 35 of 336

Now, at a segment of Said’s memoir that’s more focused on a childhood mindset as opposed to historical context, I think I need to push through.

— Jan 01, 2026 04:28PM

Vance Miguel Johnson is on page 20 of 336