Egypt Open Door Policy Essay

In The Committee by Sun’Allah Ibrahim, the open-door policy has resulted in an economic and social dependency on the Western world as Egyptians pride themselves in using American and European commodities and global ideals they believe will enrich and improve their lives and country; however, in reality these are detrimental to their society. Through the diversification of Western commodities into Egypt, Egyptians lose their self-sufficiency and nationalist values, allowing the Western world to exploit Egyptian resources and profit through globalization. Egyptian society rejects their own domestic products as a result of an obsession for the West and diversification of commodities from around the world, giving them numerous other options to …show more content…
By structuring the sentence to state a visible problem with the bus’s condition followed by a societal rationale overlooking that malfunction, highlights how society tries to justify using the “Carter” buses even though the condition of buses are blatantly hazardous and unreliable. This illustrating how they choose to blame themselves for problems with the foreign commodities, instead of realizing it is the foreign countries’ fault for selling them goods of inferior quality that actually hinder their health and safety. The narrator critiques how society jeopardizes their lives and safety by riding these risky buses because they believe American and imported commodities are inherently superior over their own domestic products, which leads to a dependency on them to feel more confident. On the side of the bus is “ an American flag emblazoned with two hands clasped in friendship” (Ibrahim 138). The “two hands clasped in friendship” depicts an equal partnership between Egypt and America, however this is only a façade. In reality, the United States