State & Barracks

State & Barracks

Diary #36

1996-8

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Sep 12, 2024
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I started getting politically involved in my sophomore year with the Arab nationalists on and off campus. I spent two years moving in their circles and befriended several youth leaders at the Nasserist Party, who were active in Ain Shams and Cairo Universities. I used to visit their downtown office regularly but never officially joined.

The 1990s were t…

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