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ELITE Vol.1, Issue 32, June 2021 ﺔﻴﺑﺮ #

"The departure of the most prominent

militant of the 20th century"

Ramez El-Shishy

Every century has its heroes and characters, and Hafez coordinated with President Sadat during the
these people who are in this century may be Israeli siege of the valiant city, prompting Sadat to
politicians, artists, doctors, philosophers, and even order the opening of the third army field weapons
militants. In fact, times of adversity are the revealing depots to provide Hafez and the guerrillas with
true minerals of men, as they say, Omar al-Mukhtar weapons and other general mobilization to
in Libya, Ernesto Chi Guevara in Latin America, participate in the resistance of the enemy.
and Hafez Salama in Egypt, who fought tirelessly in
defending the valiant city of Suez, his hometown Grandfather of Suez's people has participated in
against the Israelis. However, before addressing his many charities in Suez, and his social and political
militant life, we must know who Hafez Salama that role continued in the revolutions of the Arab Spring,
has always been a symbol of the century. and his statements his remained important during the
political unrest that the Egyptian state went through,
Sheikh Hafez Ali Ahmed Salama was born in Suez simply because he is a symbol of the century and for
on December 6, 1925, during the English occupation his struggles that were similar and reached the point
of Egypt, and was the fourth son of his father, who of conformity between him and other great militants
worked in the textile business. Hafez began his life in such as Omar al-Mukhtar, Ernesto Chi Guevara and
al-Katatib, then al-Azhar primary education, others.
educated himself in Islamic sciences and public
culture, studied many religious sciences, then Hafez's illness in the early spring of 2021 following
worked at Al-Azhar and was a preacher, until he his infection with the virus Covid-19, according to
became sheikh of Al-Azhar for Al-Azhar institutes sources confirmed this, and was transferred to Al-
until 1978. One of the symbols of popular resistance Demirdash Hospital in Cairo to leave our world at the
in Egypt, especially after his prominent role in the age of 95, but in any case, despite his departure his
war of attrition and the steadfastness of Suez 100 history of struggle for his homeland remains recorded
days, was one of the reasons why the valiant city of in history and in the minds of his lovers, has always
Suez did not surrender following the gap in the given him the necessary audacity and outstanding
October 1973 war and the city's steadfastness in the struggles the way to face the inevitability of crises.
face of the blockade.

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