Through each other's eyes: Egyptian, Levantine-Egyptian, and European women's images of themselves and of each other (1862–1920)

Abstract

This article attempts to analyze the images that Egyptian, Levantine-Egyptian, and European women produced of themselves and of each other. These images help us understand the sources and the causes of tension that existed among them then and continue to the present. Because all of these images were partially inspired by cultural nationalism, their critique allows one to assess how European and Egyptian women were influenced by modern national ideologies and rivalries. It prevented them from using each other's experience to push for a more radical critique of their own societies.