The Turban and the Hat Ibrahim Sonallah
The Turban and the Hat Ibrahim Sonallah A novel of the invasion and occupation of Egypt by Napoleonic France as seen through the eyes of a young Egyptian.The Napoleonic-era French invasion and…
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The Turban and the Hat Ibrahim Sonallah
A novel of the invasion and occupation of Egypt by Napoleonic France as seen through the eyes of a young Egyptian.The Napoleonic-era French invasion and occupation of Egypt are often seen as the Arab world's first encounter with the military and technological prowess of the West--and it came as a terrible shock. Knowing some French, he works as a translator for the occupiers. The Turban and the Hat tells the story of those three tumultuous years from the perspective of a young Egyptian living in late-eighteenth-century Cairo.
He is astonished by the invaders' lies and propaganda, but he finds that much of what he thought he knew about his fellow Egyptians He meets their scientists and artists, has an affair with Bonaparte's mistress, and accompanies the disastrous campaign to take Syria, where he witnesses the ravages of the plague and the horrific barbarism of war.