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As our identity was/is faked or compromised by the Colonialism, so what should be done now for regaining this lost identity?​

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 A Nation Must Think Before it Acts Post-Colonial States and the Struggle for Identity in the Middle East since World War Two

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BUTCHER HISTORY INSTITUTEFOOTNOTES

Post-Colonial States and the Struggle for Identity in the Middle East since World War Two

Samuel Helfont

 

October 23, 2015

 

Middle East Program

 

Program on Teaching about the Middle East

The term “post-colonial” has presented a seminal problem for historians of the 20th century Middle East. As this essay will detail, debates over the term have provided an important axis around which discussions of political identity revolve. Following World War Two European power in the Middle East crumbled and a number of post-colonial states emerged. These states often justified their existence in terms of ideologies that were tied to specific post-colonial, political identities. Endless debates have occurred over how much emphasis to put on the post-colonial nature of these states and their political identities. In this essay, I will discuss whether a state’s status as post-colonial matters. If so, how? And what are the consequences? Following a general discussion of debates over post-colonialism, will look more closely at three case studies: Egypt, Iraq, and Iran.