Al-Marsad Newspaper: The French photographer, “Minoza”, met the family of a Saudi citizen named “Atran Manea Al-Aqil Al-Atran”, who worked in the Najran region during the seventies of the last century, accompanying the photographer, as a guide and guide for him while taking thousands of pictures of the Kingdom during its development stage.
Atran’s death
A circulating video clip documented the moment the French photographer met the family of his friend, who was surprised by his death many years ago due to a stray bullet that hit his neck while he was dancing with weapons at a wedding.
Brother Atran and the similarities between them
And the French photographer said during the video: “This is two perfumes, not two perfumes that accompanied me on my journey, but this is his brother, a copy of his brother, even his smile.”
Atran interrupted him, saying: “My brother died almost 5 years before I was born, and when I was born, I was named after him.”
The French photographer added: “Atran’s children were young when I met him, and I photographed them a lot, and I was surprised that Abdullah, who is now, is the son of this little girl in the picture.”
Printing and distributing the French illustrated book
Saeed bin Atran said: “We hope that the book of the French illustrator about the Kingdom and Najran in particular will be printed, and it will be printed and distributed again.”
In the seventies of the last century, the French photographer “Minoza” received an offer from the Kingdom to photograph the stages of its development, to crown his mission by taking 168,000 pictures of different aspects of life in the country, which he collected in his own exhibition in Paris.