Circa 1966: My father, Rashad, standing first to the right, wrote on the back of the photo, “Fayoum,” but no date was mentioned. I’d suggest it was taken sometime in 1966 or 1967 before the June War.
One of the people I recognize in that picture is his best friend. It was through this friend that my father was first introduced to Fatah, during his post-g…