He was opposed by the highers up due to his fanatic Marxism, he was friends with my uncle who was minister of education a few times but Hisham's extreme leftism shut him out and branded him a weirdo to other intellectuals. After Nahid Hattar's death everyone got spooked and Dr Hisham also had... romantic issues that made him fall into a depression. He was also hospitalized for health issues, this was all many years ago.

I used to hang out with the leftist scene and got involved with them, although I was with the anarchists. The communists eventually became Russian stooge drunkards and the anarchists became "classical liberal" for some reason. It all came crashing down when head of the opposition joined the government, and the anarchist guys found success with a satirical fb page and website - AlHudood.

During the Arab Spring days a new movement sprung up by ex ministers and liberals and monarchists, forgot the name but it was a short word with a green background as its logo. I got into that at the premier and in one of their first sessions they invited the now miniter previously head of opposition to a sit down at the hangar in ras el 3ein, where he got roasted by all attendees. That was a great occasion I remember fondly.

Personally I got out and started my own party with a friend. It was a capitalist Nationalist Socialist party, and it got approval from the state and officially registered and everything, but that too fizzled out due to... external reasons. I think we named it Nahda. Now I'm trying to get connections and networking with state figures to get my Arab revivalist project off the ground.