The Aswan International Symposium for Granite Sculpture is a significant experience for any artist, as it places the sculptor in direct dialogue with material and place. This is how artist Ahmed Abdallah describes his first participation, emphasizing that working in an open environment with granite creates a more honest and focused artistic process, and highlighting the uni9ueness of Aswan as a global center for stone sculpture. He notes that Aswan is not merely a site for production, but a city rich in visual and cultural history

that inspires artists to explore form, space, and reduction. Ahmed Abdallah's sculptural practice centers on the human figure as an expressive state rather than anatomical representation, using simplified forms to convey emotion.

His work in the 30th edition, Silent State, reflects the influence of Egyptian sculptural traditions through a sense of dignity, stillness, and timeless presence, expressing an intense inner human state through restrained form and unified mass.