By the Star They Are Guided
By the Star They Are Guided is a multimedia installation designed to explore the metaphysical connections between humanity and the universe. Inspired by the rich symbolism of the Prophet's mihrab in Medina, it is an affirmation of the complex spiritual and heavenly harmony of communication, reflection, and transcendence.
Each component of the installation serves as a visual and auditory representation of the Islamic spiritual experience. The piece uses numerical nodes, or "points", to symbolize the major facets of the mihrab. Activating streams of light harmonize in a generative movement that fills the voids, enveloped in the remembrances of believers, supplications, whispers of hope, and a request for guidance from visitors to the honorable kindergarten in the Prophet’s Mosque. The geometric precision inherent in the design of the installation reflects the mathematical harmony that pervades Islamic architecture and the universe. Just as mathematicians fill in the spaces between dots to define new dimensions, so each interaction within the installation redefines and broadens participants' understanding of spiritual communication.
Exhibited at Medan, Almadinah INT. Art Symposium, Almadinah, Saudi Arabia
Describe your image
Extend an Olive Branch
"Extend an Olive Branch" is an immersive installation that weaves a tapestry of human emotion through the interplay of light and texture. Delicate layers of gauze, each echoing a chapter of human experience, unveil the evolution of our deepest beliefs. At its heart, an olive tree—a beacon of peace and resilience—comes to life, layer by layer, symbolizing the multifaceted nature of understanding.
This dynamic visual, accompanied by a heartbeat's cadence, speaks to the oscillation of human ideologies and their inherent fragility, and the life force driving our quest for truth, freedom, and rights while acknowledging the delicate nature of these values. This piece invites introspection into the layered, evolving journeys of our beliefs, urging recognition of their depth, strength, and vulnerability within the broader tapestry and seeking truths that lie beneath the surface.
Something Else at the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt
Sending my greetings and regards
It all started in the past. Every time I woke up to find myself alone in the room, I would quickly go to turn the cassette on until I heard the voice of those who were hiding inside it, my grandfather said to me then in his trembling voice coming from the recorder, “Peace be upon a moon that I had missed.” From that day an absence has followed me like a shadow without a body. The light crosses it and the ghost of what remains of his memory is touched by the voices of our loved ones, whenever the distances of diaspora and immigration separated us.
"Sending my Greetings and Regards" is a profound, multimedia installation that operates at the intersections of personal and collective memory, cultural identity, and the human experience of longing and belonging. It is a culmination of my personal journey, echoing from my childhood when I moved from Yemen to Saudi Arabia in the eighties. It is a call to nostalgia, a testament to an existence reduced to mere hazy memories of a homeland, which I have reconstructed through the narrated voices of immigrants echoing from old cassette tapes.
Common Ground Exhibition, by Ministry Of Culture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
I Can See Your Voice
Rain has many names in the Arabic language, and each name has a special meaning, as each word describes the intensity of the rain, from these names, I chose five words starting with “Tal” which is light rain, Then "Hatal" more intense, and "Asaf", which is heavy rain, and "Matar", which is continuous, and finally "Ghaith", which revives the earth, and in this way the relationship between the energy of the language leading from the sound was tested, which shows how the language relied on the vocal tone to express the visual image, where the movement of waves that represent the names of rain coincide, a poetic text that describes human feelings that range from a state of drought to being watered with love.
Exhibited at Open Berlin Gallery, Germany.
