Egypt’s history seen from an Egyptian perspective
The fact that the majority of present-day Egyptians reveal an identity which
hardly relates to their indigenous Pharaonic past and take no particular pride
in their ancestors’ ancient culture unless they are taught to do so at school,
while at the same time they show great willingness to respect and to adopt
what is foreign, be it Western-European or Oriental-Arab, may be a result of
more than 3,000 years of history during which the native Egyptian people
were subjugated by foreign powers who invaded their country, despising,
discriminating and exploiting them. It is time to see Egyptian history from a
perspective that focuses on these facts.