To mark the golden jubilee of the October 1973 victory, I resume today delving into Ibrahim Hegazy’s testimony on the war that concluded in this victory. Mr Hegazy (1954 – 2022), who was sports editor at the Cairo daily al-Ahram, wrote his vivid, true-to-life, extensively detailed first-hand experience of the October 1973 War, including that … Continue reading Ibrahim Hegazy: Witness to a near-miraculous feat (5 of 5)