In this final part of our series looking at the work of Egyptian artist, Galal Abdo Hashem. If you missed earlier parts of the interview, you can find them here: Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four. In this part we discuss the October War, the Statue of Victory and Galal’s future project – the Pyramid of Peace.
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Podcast V26 – Part Five: The Statue of Defiance: Collecting Shrapnel and Speaking to Israelis
In this article we continue our interview with Egyptian artist Galal Abdo Hashem. In this part of our series we will examine Galal’s most famous work – the Statue of Defiance. If you missed earlier parts of the interview, you can find them here: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four.
Podcast V26 – Part Four: Bombardment of Ismalia and Galal’s Close Calls
In this article we continue our interview with Egyptian artist Galal Abdo Hashem. When we reached the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and October War in our interview with Galal, we tried to get all the possible details we could from him. In the end, he told us that he will speak about the notable incidents as he has many stories that would take months to cover. In this part of our series we will examine the bombardment of Ismalia in 1967. The city was bombarded throughout the War of Attrition, but Galal gave us a few incidents that mainly occurred in 1967 after the Six Day war.
If you missed earlier parts of the interview, you can find them here: Part One, Part Two, Part Three.