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简介:WorldWarOnewasfouryearsofbitterconflictfrom1914to1918.Called'TheGreatWar'andthe'wartoendallwars',itisoftenrememberedforitsgrimandrelentlesstrenchwarfare-withEuropeseenasthemaintheatreofwar. Butthiswasabattlefoughtonmanyfronts.ThereisastoryotherthanthemainstreamEuropeannarrative.Itisnottoldasoftenbutwasofhugeimportanceduringthewarandoflastingsignificanceafterwards.ItisthestoryoftheArabtroopswhowereforcedtofightonbothsidesbutwhosecontributionisoftenforgotten. TheyfoughtasconscriptsfortheEuropeancolonialpowersoccupyingEgypt,Morocco,AlgeriaandTunisia-andfortheOttomansonthesideofGermanyandtheCentralPowers.Thepost-warsettlementwouldalsoshapetheMiddleEastforthenexthundredyears. Inthisthree-partseries,TunisianwriterandbroadcasterMalekTrikiexplorestheeventssurroundingWorldWarOneanditslegacyfromanArabperspective.…