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Exhibition - Children of Abraham 

A. Abbas 

"The traveller never arrives."

"From 1978 to 1980 I cover the Iranian Revolution, then for seven years, from 1987 to 1993 I travel the land of Muslims. From Sinkiang to Morocco, from London to Timbuktu, visiting New York and Mecca, I photograph the daily lives of Muslims, the rituals of their faith, their spirituality as well as the emergence of Islamism, its fanaticism and its violence.
Driven by a desire to understand the internal tensions at work within Muslim societies, I expose the conflict between a rising political ideology looking for inspiration in a mythical past and the universal desire... 

Abbas 1992

SAUDI ARABIA. Plain of Arafat. 1992. Hajj pilgrimage. Pilgrims... 

Abbas 1991

SAUDI ARABIA. Plain of Arafat. Hajj pilgrimage. 1991. A pilgrim... 

Abbas 1997

EGYPT. Deir El-Adra.1997. An Orthodox Copt woman prays in the... 

Abbas 1992

SAUDI ARABIA. Mecca. 1992. Hajj pilgrimage. Pilgrims from all... 

Abbas 1989

INDONESIA. Sumatra. Palembang. 1989. A young man prays to Allah,... 

Abbas 1995

FRANCE. Hautes-Pyrenees department. Town of Lourdes. 1995. Gave... 

Abbas 1995

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. 1995. Ahl-e-Kitabis look upon the Old City... 

Abbas 1996

MALI. Dogon country. 1996. Village of Bugudunjuru. A Christian... 

Abbas 1989

CHINA. Xinkiang province. Turfan. A Uygur mullah delivers the... 

Abbas 1995

PHILIPPINES. Pampanga district. Village of Santa Lucia. 1995.... 

Abbas 1996

SPAIN. Sevilla. 1996. Holy week. The head of Jesus is displayed... 

Abbas 1995

PHILIPPINES. Mount Banahao. 1995. In a mixture of Christian and... 

Abbas 1995

PHILIPPINES. Manila. 1995. Widows of Jesus mourn Christ's crucifixion... 

Abbas 1995

PHILIPPINES. Town of Davao. Matina district. 1995. Christianity.... 

Abbas 1999

SOUTH AFRICA. Cape Town. 1999. Every Sunday, at dawn, priests... 

Abbas 1997

FRANCE. Paris. 1997. During the World Youth Day, a way of the... 

Abbas 1999

USA. New York City. Manhattan. An impersonator of Jesus Christ.... 

Abbas 1987

USSR. Uzbekistan. Samarkand. Courtyard of the Khaje Zud Mourad... 

Abbas 1989

CHINA. Xinjiang province. Kashgar. A Uygur about to cook hand... 

Abbas 1987

EGYPT. Alexandria. 1987. A Muslim woman wearing the traditional... 

Abbas 1989

CHINA. Xinjiang province. Kashgar. Uigur Muslims on streets lined... 

Abbas 1988

PAKISTAN. Multan. 1988. Pilgrims pray and prostrate themselves... 

Abbas 1990

USSR. Tadjikistan. Circumcision rites in the village of Gharatog.... 

Abbas 1995

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. 1995. A family of Bukharan origin celebrates... 

Abbas 1997

CUBA. Santiago. 1997. A girl is dressed up for her fifteenth... 

Abbas 1997

CUBA. Havana. 1997. In front of the Church of the Merced. A father... 

Abbas 1996

BRAZIL. Bahia state. Salvador. District of Pelhourinho. 1996.... 

Abbas 1996

BRAZIL. Ceara state. Juazeiro do Norte. 1996. Flowers adorn the... 

Abbas 2004

ISRAEL. Near Jerusalem. Morning mist between the Har Hamenekut... 

Abbas 1992

AFGHANISTAN. City of Kabul. Women wearing the burkah pray and... 

Abbas 1981

ALGERIA. Near Timimoun. 1981. Muslim cemetery in the desert. 

Abbas 1993

SAUDI ARABIA. Plain of Arafat. Hajj pilgrimage. A pilgrim sleeps... 

Abbas 1991

MOROCCO. Jdida. A woman wears the traditional nigab made of a... 

Abbas 1993

PAKISTAN. Punjab Province. Co Chairperson of the P P P (Pakistan... 

Abbas 1970

EGYPT. Cairo. October 1st 1970. A family mourns the death of... 

Abbas 1989

INDONESIA. Jakarta. 1989. Students of the Al Azhar college attend... 
Portfolio - Abbas 

2006

Album: 1 images 

Abbas 1993

SUDAN. Khartoum. February 1993. Women volunteers in the PDF (Peoples... 

Abbas 1987

EGYPT. Cairo. 1987. Veiled Muslim fundamentalist student looks... 

Abbas 1992

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. 1992. A wedding by proxy: the woman's fiancé,... 

Abbas 1987

MALAYSIA. Village of Sunga Pencala. "Arqam" (Islamic fundamentalist... 

Abbas 1991

MOROCCO. Jdida. 1991. On the beach, a woman wears the traditional... 

Abbas 1997

IRAN. Shahr Rey. 1997.

Abbas 1997

IRAN. Tehran. 1997. Film actress Leyla HATAMI (left) with her... 

Abbas 1987

USSR. Kirghizie (today Republic of Khirghisztan). Frounze (today... 

Abbas 1989

INDONESIA. Java. Gresik. Koranic school for boys in a mosque.... 

Abbas 1987

MALAYSIA. Near Ipoh. 1987. choolchildren of the al-Arqam Islamic... 

Abbas 1995

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. 1995.

Abbas 1988

SENEGAL. Diourbel. 1988. Boys read from wooden tablets, Koranic... 

Abbas 1988

MALI. Village of Severi Two boys stand in front of the mosque.... 

Abbas 1988

SENEGAL. Etome. The Diolas of the Casamance region are mostly... 

Abbas 1988

MALI. Village of Severi. 1988. A talibe (student) holds a tablet... 

Abbas 1996

MALI. Village of Bandiagara. 1996. Abbot Georges FONGORO celebrates... 

Abbas 1996

MALI. Village of Segue. 1996. Boys from the Catholic Mission... 

Abbas 1996

BRAZIL. Bahia state. Salvador. 1996. People suffering from psychological... 

Abbas 1996

MALI. Village of Senedongo. 1996. A Dogon Christian boy prepares... 

Abbas 1998

SUDAN. Near Weethoa Gang. 1998. Women prepare the evening meal... 

Abbas 1994

MALI. Bamako. At sunrise, a fisherman in his boat on the river... 

Abbas 1990

INDIA. New Delhi. 1990.The National Museum. A cleaner from the... 

Abbas 1991

EGYPT. Cairo. National Museum. A woman sits under a Pharaonic... 
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