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CHICAGO: Acclaimed Egyptian writer Sonallah Ibrahim’s 2008 historical novel “The Turban and the Hat,” about France’s invasion of Egypt, is remarkably relevant today for its exploration of themes of power, colonialism and conflict. The experience of the occupation led by Napoleon Bonaparte from 1798 to 1801 is told through the eyes of a student, the novel’s unnamed