The revolution also obliged her to reexamine her own identity. She was preoccupied about her Christian and Jewish friends who had now become the "other" in this emerging Arab nationalism. This "other" also embodied the Ahmeds due to their interest in Western ideas, culture and education. (173). Nasser's revolution had shattered the multicultural, multi-religious civilization that had been flourishing in Egypt for over a century. ------The despondency of her world was not the only issue that challenged Ahmed. During this upheaval the outside world had been altering and changing too. The conclusion of the European Empire, the ascent of nationalism and the redefinition of national boundaries required her to start proposing quest
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