What if all the writings on the walls of the temples, tombs and papyrus were just one side of the story, like the propaganda of our time?” whispered my friend in what was supposed to be the end of a long discussion about the current situation in Egypt. We both laughed as we struggled to analyze the recent chain of events that had paved the way to this situation in 2015. Our appetite to start another debate was shrinking these days – not because we became intolerant of different views, as the mainstream in Egypt has, but we had lost our appetite out of futility! In fact, we were mentally and emotionally exhausted, as has been the case for many young Egyptians over the past four years – a time that started with high hopes and ended in despair. So we let it go, until one day when I was watching a documentary about The Ramesseum, the great temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II. In this magnificent temple, a huge sidewall glorified Ramesses’ victory over the Hittites in the battle of Kadesh, despite the conclusion most historians had reached, which was…
