Adham Sabri
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Adham Sabri (Arabic:أدهم صبرى) is the main character in Ragol Al Mostaheel series by Nabil Farouk. He is a highly skilled military-trained professional, employing many hand-to-hand combat techniques into his style (such as karate and tae kwon do), and is often involved in espionage situations that would be deemed by many as impossible to succeed in.
Unlike western models, i.e. Ian Fleming's Bond, Adham Sabri is a model of a man with religious and ethical system combination, where some certain situations being dealt with in a total different manner than usual. Sabri never drinks, never involves in sexual relationships outside the border of marriage; not a sodomite, and committed to prayer times.
Sabri model represents high nobility principals joined by high professionalism; he never shoots in the back, never beats women or hurts them, normally, he never kills.
He has been teamed up with his long partner Mona Tawfeik which he later falls in love with but they never marry. He was killed in one of the novels but was again brought back in the next issue. He also lost his memory and was married to his long life rival Sonia Graham.
Adham Sabry is arguably the most famous character in all of Arab literature.
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Adham Sabri is a man that some people might think is a copy of James Bond. However, there are so many differences between them. Adham Sabri is a very patriotic man, relies on his skills gained from working in Intelligence and his physical skills and amazing speed in fighting. James Bond relies on fictional inventions and gadgets provided by his office, in addition to his charisma. There is a vast difference between Bond and Sabri in morality. Adham Sabri, as portrayed in the novels, prays regularly and possesses great faith in Almighty God. His greatest weakness, as perceived by many of his enemies, is his chivalry and the fact that he never kills unless absolutely necessary. Bond is the total opposite.
Adham is endowed with an incredible set of skills. Some of which are listed below
- Adept at all forms of martial arts
- Master of disguise with no equal
- Ability to man all types of vehicles on land, in air, and under the deepest oceans
- Speaks almost all known languages fluently (akin to native speakers)
- He is also very patriotic and does not neglect his religion as a Muslim as reflected in some stories praying between the events of the story
