Jamil Nasir Quote

But that (i. e., colonialism) was only half the story, he reminded himself wearily. What about the government corruption and endless red tape, the heedless economic policies, the lavish life-styles of graft-taking officials, the bloated bureaucracies, the mismanaged state industries? Surely no victim of colonial plunder had ever participated more enthusiastically in its own rape than Egypt.

Chapter 8 (p. 107) - Tower of Dreams (1999)

But that (i. e., colonialism) was only half the story, he reminded himself wearily. What about the government corruption and endless red tape, the...

But that (i. e., colonialism) was only half the story, he reminded himself wearily. What about the government corruption and endless red tape, the...

But that (i. e., colonialism) was only half the story, he reminded himself wearily. What about the government corruption and endless red tape, the...

But that (i. e., colonialism) was only half the story, he reminded himself wearily. What about the government corruption and endless red tape, the...