Jacob

               This week's reading spoke of the Effendi and it's origins in Egypt. The author Jacob states that the term effendi was first used to distinguish the religious from the military. Later its meaning became more specific, it became a way to refer to "high level students and modern professionals," could be coined as the middle class.(46) The term was used in relation to a new modern Egypt, one where the men were fit and disciplined, able to do the jobs bestowed on them properly. (47) In order to bring about this change of modernity into Egypt they needed to make sure their government was sufficient and that they were making progress. (47) After the British invasion this brought about the need to bring in a class of men who were obedient, disciplined and in summary of what Jacob says servants with out the servitude. (48) They believed that this was the only type of man fit to hold responsibility. The term effendi's meaning was always changing to fit the needs of the ruling at the time.
               This article was an interesting one to read. In the past weeks we have read about how women where the ones under attention who either needed help or were helping other women. In this weeks reading we were given a glimpse into the the hierarchy of males in Egypt at that time and how they had to fit a certain caliber to be considered into this middle class type. Its interesting to see that they made these men seem as tho in order to be something they have to be what we expect of children, disciplined and obedient while having a servant mentality.