V26 - Part One: Galal Abdo Hashem - The Shrapnel Collector of Egypt

In our journey to uncover wartime stories from all sides during the Arab-Israeli Conflict we managed to meet Galal Abdo Hashem, an Egyptian living in his home city of Ismalia, a city that witnessed the horrors of war more than once during the 20th century. Galal Abdo Hashem is not a war veteran with military training, in fact, he never fired a single shot towards his enemies, but he decided to do something instead that gained him notoriety and his name written on Egypt's Honor List. To this day he gives lectures, speaks with journalists and appears on TV shows to speak about his experience and journey during a time when Egypt was at war with Israel. This article is the story of one of Egypt's civilians who, despite taking up arms to defend his homeland, decided there was another way to contribute to the war effort - art. Remember, the SoundCloud version covers only 30 minutes from the entire interview. If you want to listen to the whole complete version, please do make sure to support us on Patreon! https://silahreport.com/2020/08/05/podcast-v26-part-one-galal-abdo-hashem-the-shrapnel-collector-of-egypt/ Check out our Patreon page here if you would like to have your questions answered by our panel during an edition of the podcast, please support Silah Report on Patreon and submit questions as often as you like! www.patreon.com/join/SilahReport Credits- Introduction audio is taken from the movie Son of a Lion, with permission of the director Benjamin Gilmour. The conversation takes place in the Kyber Pakhtunkwa (KPK) region of Pakistan and is between a customer examining a "Krinkov"-patterned rifle that is for sale. Music is traditional Arabic Dabkha by the name of اغاني دبكة تي رش رش