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Butulat Al-Ortah Al-Masriya Al-Sudaniyya fi Harb Al-Maxeec (The Heroics of the Egyptian-Sudanese Battalion in the Mexican War) by Prince Omar Toussoun, General Egyptian Book Organisation, Cairo ...

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French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.