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The crusades through arab eyes by amin maalouf read online. The crusades through arab eyes by amin maalouf read online on. In the crusades through arab eyes, amin maalouf has sifted through the. The crusades through muslim eyes, will be a two night presentation that will draw upon the most notable muslim historians of the era including ibn athir, usaman ibn mundiqh, ibn qalanisi, bahaud. For arabs, the twelfth and thirteen centuries were years of strenuous efforts to repel a brutal and destructive invasion by barbarian hordes. Amin maalouf is an eminent novelist, whose books include the rock of tanios, which won the 1993 goncourt prize, frances most prestigious.
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