Sadat dressed them for the Israelis. What is the story of “Castor Pajamas, prisoners of the October War”?

In the 1960s, just a few years before the 1973 October War, Egypt was distinguished by many industries, such as cotton and furniture. In al-Mahalla al-Kubra, factories witnessed the production of clothing made from cotton, linen, and silk, while Damaitah excelled in producing tastefully durable furniture. All of this was shown in “black and white” movies.

Pajamas made history when the late President Anwar Sadat ordered Israeli prisoners to wear these pajamas, during the prisoner exchange process, the pajamas that children wore after the purification process carried out by barbers in the camp, so that the wound resulting from the operation did not harm them.

The places where Castor is sold at this time were the manufacturing company Sidnawi and Omar Effendi, and there was Castor Jalalib next to the Castor pajamas, and the Egyptians used to spend a part of these pajamas on ration cards in addition to oil, sugar , tea and other food products that were included in the products of the ration card. .