Ash-sha’ab yurid … what, exactly?
February 8, 2015
At the beginning of 1973 I spent a few months in Cairo. War with Israel was in the offing, and preparations for it were under way. At the most mundane level, blast walls were built in front of the entrances to blocks of flats, and windows taped; at the Egyptian Museum Tutankhamun’s mask and regalia were … More Ash-sha’ab yurid … what, exactly?