Diary #43

1967-74

As the leaders of the Arab Socialist Union (ASU) political apparatus broke the news to my father and his colleagues, shortly before it was aired to the public, regarding Egypt’s June 1967 catastrophic defeat, my father went back home fuming and tore down Nasser’s poster in his room. Later, he put up Mao’s. At the time, Mao’s ideas were trending among yo…