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In "e;The Peasant: His Economic and Social Conditions,"e; Youssef Nahhas paints an accurate and realistic portrait of the life of the Egyptian peasant in the early twentieth century, revealing the features of his suffering spanning the ages. From the cruelty of the Mamluks, who confiscated his land and extorted his crops under the unjust "e;Iltizam"e; laws, to the glimmer of hope brought by the er...