3 Historical Books on the MENA Region in the Early 20th Century Posted on Monday December 3rd, 2018 by New as Open Access on MENAdoc: 3 books on developments in the MENA region published in 1915 give an insight into the German perspective during the First World War. Die Toleranz des Islam (The tolerance of Islam) Die jüdischen Kolonien in Palästina (The Jewish colonies in Palestine) Wie Ägypten englisch wurde (How Egypt became English)