[EGYPT - ISRAELI WAR IN 1973 / PROPAGANDA / BOOK DESIGN] العبور مصرر… ارض التحدى / Al-Ubâr: Misr... ardh al-tahaddî [i.e., The crossing is determined… the land of challenge]. Preface by Ahmad al-Imâwî, Abd al-Hamîd Shâhîn, Fathî Mustafa, Yahya Ibrâhîm

AL-TANTAWÎ, HUSAYN.

Dar al-Kitab wa al-wasaiq al-Qawmiyat, Cairo, 1973.

Original blue, black and white photo-montage front, and photo-illustrated rear wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Arabic. 173, [3] p., b/w maps, drawings, and photo-illustrated. A fine copy.

First and only edition of this striking photomontage-covered book featuring a powerful propaganda narrative, both visually and textually, on the Egyptian army's crossing of the Suez Canal at the outset of the October 1973 Arab Israeli War, reflecting the contemporary Egyptian perspective on the events. The crossing quickly became the central symbol of the war in Egyptian public discourse. Commercially scarce, though not uncommon in institutional collections.

Published in the same year, it forms part of the earliest wave of works documenting and interpreting the conflict for a broad readership, typically illustrated with maps and photographs and emphasizing national morale, military achievement, and themes of challenge and resilience.