This factsheet explores how and why colonial knowledge contributes to the process of legitimizing colonial subjugation. By reviewing key terms, discussing how knowledge serves as a colonial tool, and looking at Western portrayals of the Middle East, it suggests how we can overcome problematic frameworks of knowledge
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