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It's possible that Besieged is meant to be vaguely allegorical: The African is seduced by the crumbling decadence of Europe while the European falls for the childlike simplicity of Africa.
Following the death of the Prophet Mohammed in 632, Arab armies, united under Islam, poured out of their homeland, and soon took Egypt, Syria, and Palestine from the Byzantines; Constantinople was besieged from 674 to 678, but survived because of its defences.
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We had a common goal--the success of the administration in economics--and felt besieged by a common enemy, the media.
Didn't Boutros-Ghali earn Rieff's undying scorn when he told the besieged Sarajevans he could name 10 places in the world where things were worse?