  EL-ABNOUDI CONVALESCING: at his farm in the village of Dab'iya, near Ismailiya, after returning earlier this year from a long journey where he received treatment in France photos: Sherif Sonbol      EL-ABNOUDI IN MOTION: (from top) at Beit el-Sehimi this Ramadan leading the troupe performing the Sirat Bani Hilal; with Sayed El-Dawy, the main storyteller of the Sira; El-Abnoudi in 1990 (photo: Yves Paris); in Qena in 1958 with poet Amal Donqol, standing on the right, and Mustafa El-Sherif, seated , both being longtime friends since school days in Qena; and in 1998 with Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and the interviewer, centre, at his Mohandseen flat parent page (18 - 24 December 2008, issue #926) |