Taqrīr shaykh al-ulamāʾ wa al-muslimīn al-ustādh al-shaykh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sharbīnī ʿalā muṭawwal al-Saʿad al-Taftāzānī ʿalā talkhīṣ al-miftāḥ li-l-ʿalāma al-khaṭīb al-Qazwīnī

Spain

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Description: Picnicking in Seville. Griselda and Abdallah had travelled from Fez to see the Semana Santa.

Obituary by Kamal Hamza Abu-Mazin

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: An obituary for Abdallah by Kamal Hamza Abu-Mazin.

Taha Husayn's commendation for Abdallah's Al-Murshid

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: The Egyptian writer's introduction to Abdallah's Al-Murshid.

Jafar Hamid al-Bashir visits Griselda

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Description: A press journalist describes his emotional visit to Griselda after Abdallah's death.

Abdallah pictured with a journalist who wanted to interview him but was unable to due to his illness and death

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: Journalist Amina al-Fadl was due to interview Abdallah but he died before they could meet.

Newspaper coverage of Abdallah's funeral

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: Newspaper front page with pictures of Abdallah's funeral.

Newspaper article calling for the commemoration film about Abdallah

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: A short newspaper article suggesting a film is made about Abdallah's life and asking why his house should not be turned into a museum.

The house in Amarat

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: The garden of Griselda and Abdallah's new house in Amarat. Griselda talks about the house in audio clip GET-0000194.

Excerpts from Abdallah's book Al-Murshid

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: Newspaper piece with excerpts from Al-Murshid.

Newspaper's double page spread in memory of Abdallah

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: Newspaper's full double spread on Abdallah's life containing reports, poems and memories.

Obituary by Yasir Ahmad Mukhtar

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: An obituary for Abdallah by Yasir Ahmad Mukhtar.

Ahmad Abdallah al-Tom's poem in memory of Abdallah

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: Abdallah's verse thanking Egyptian writer Taha Husayn for his kind words writen as an introduction to Abdallah's book Al-Murshid.

Morocco

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Description: With a friend in Fez.

Memorial verse by Saad Abd-al-Gadir al-Agib

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: A poem by Saad Abd-al-Qadir al-Agib in memory of Abdallah.

Newspaper coverage of Abdallah's funeral

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: Newspaper article and photos of Abdallah's funeral.

Article about Abdallah by Idris Mustafa Ali Hamid

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: Second in a three-part series by Idriss Musafa Hamid about Abdallah 'the poet and countryman'.

Griselda's memories

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: Memories of trips to eastern Sudan and Erkowit. In an interview with Sudan Memory at her home in Burri, Griselda spoke at length about her life, ranging from her childhood in 1920s England to conditions under the new transitional government in Sudan. The recording has been cut down into audio clips of varying lengths, including a longer segment in which Griselda talks about meeting and marrying Professor Abdallah, her first visit to Sudan and life at Bakht al-Rida in the 1950s, the couple’s work postings to Nigeria and Morocco in the 60s and 70s, Professor Abdallah’s awards and his final days living with the effects of a stroke in the 2000s. Several of the audio clips refer to specific groups of images available to view in Griselda’s collection included in Sudan Memory.

Griselda's memories

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Collection: griseldaeltayib.griseldaeltayibcollection

Description: Anecdotes about teaching. In an interview with Sudan Memory at her home in Burri, Griselda spoke at length about her life, ranging from her childhood in 1920s England to conditions under the new transitional government in Sudan. The recording has been cut down into audio clips of varying lengths, including a longer segment in which Griselda talks about meeting and marrying Professor Abdallah, her first visit to Sudan and life at Bakht al-Rida in the 1950s, the couple’s work postings to Nigeria and Morocco in the 60s and 70s, Professor Abdallah’s awards and his final days living with the effects of a stroke in the 2000s. Several of the audio clips refer to specific groups of images available to view in Griselda’s collection included in Sudan Memory.