As it is with all of us, the death of who we originally are is replaced by a persona we commonly call the ego, our false self. Most of us grow up thinking of this as our true self. Little do we realize that we are creating an entire life
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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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