Allah O Akbar

CHOOSE BETWEEN A FIRST HARDBACK EDITION OR A 2001 PAPERBACK REPRINT

Specifications of the hardback

First edition of Allah O Akbar by Abbas (1994)

First impression 

Large format hardback in near fine condition 

Some very minor wear and toning to dust jacket, now in a removable protective sleeve

Some very slight toning to extremities of pages 

Otherwise, pages are clean, binding firm

Specifications of the paperback

2001 softcover reprint

Large format in near fine condition

Some wear and toning to dust jacket

Some very slight toning to extremities of pages

About

Allah O Akbar begins the call to prayer that resonates around minarets in towns and villages from Sinkiang to Morocco, from Paris to Timbuktu. Wherever in the world you are, the message is the same: 'God is Great.' It is also, however, the cry of fundamentalists throughout the lands of the faithful.

Abbas, a member of the prestigious photo agency Magnum, has spent seven years travelling through the Islamic world to capture the diverse and striking images that make up this extraordinary personal diary. As a photojournalist he has covered major political events in the developing world including wars and revolutions, driven by a desire to understand and expose the intricacy of the internal strains pulling within Muslim societies. Abbas is undoubtedly one of the world's leading makers of the 'telling' picture, and the combined immediacy and subtlety of the photographic images create a constant visual stimulus.