On Identity Politics and Eurocentric DefinitionsMost people do not stop to ask why the Middle East has been labelled as such. As a country in the Middle East, people from Egypt have long considered themselves “Middle Eastern”. Due to the significant British role in the war while using Egypt as an important base, journalists would mention the “Middle East Supply Center” in their media coverage of the war, popularizing the term Middle East. There’s a famous newspaper, Al Shark Al Awsat in Saudi Arabia, called the Middle East. There is also the term MENA which means Middle East North Africa, which is often used to include the countries of North Africa which aren’t always considered as part of the Middle East.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 21, 2020 09:56 UTC