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Crossing the Desert

< From Islington to Egypt, Palestine and Syria


Crossing the Desert

This animation was created by young people in Islington in August 2017, working with Islington Museum and Chocolate Films. It follows the story of soldiers from the Finsbury Rifles as they travelled from Egypt across the Sinai Desert to Palestine.

 

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