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| 1918 |
| | | Wafd, a national party, is formed in Cairo with the purpose of ending Egypt's enforced link with Britain | |
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| 1919 |
| | | The League of Nations makes South West Africa (Namibia) a mandated British territory, to be administered by South Africa | |
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| 1920 |
| | | Destour is formed as a nationalist party in Tunisia, demanding full independence from France | |
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| 1921 |
| | | Abd-el-Krim wins a sensational victory over Spanish forces in Morocco and gains control of the Rif | |
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| 1922 |
| | | Egypt becomes an independent kingdom, subject to a British military presence to protect the Suez canal | |
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| 1922 |
| | | Howard Carter exposes a flight of steps in the Valley of the Kings and comes to a barrier bearing the name Tutankhamun | |
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| 1928 |
| | | Hassan al-Banna, a schoolteacher in Ismailia, founds the Muslim Brotherhood – to campaign for a society based on the Qu'ran with the sharia as its legal system | |
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| 1931 |
| | | The Statute of Westminster defines and formalizes the concept of the British Commonwealth | |
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| 1934 |
| | | Neo-Destour, a party demanding Tunisian independence, has Habib Bourguiba as its secretary general | |
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| c. 1935 |
| | | A collection of Constantine Cavafy's poems is published in Alexandria in an undated edition | |
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