Tweet In 1967, after the devastating Egyptian military defeat in the so-called six-day war, Egyptian pride was broken. The “mother of the world–as Egyptians like to say—had lost its balance and place in the world, and Egyptians had lost faith in the military and their hero, Gamal Abdelnasser. Nasser vanished overnight, actually in six days. People started looking for another narrative other than the secular one that was championed by Nasser and his Arab pan project. Lots of Egyptians turned their faith to mosques and churches instead. Then in 1968, the Virgin apparition was the story that consumed Egypt for weeks and months. It was the story that shook the…
