Where the fig tree cannot be fenced
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
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If the olive trees knew the hands that planted them
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
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As long as our tears are songs when we cry them
       
     
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Memory tree, 2023
       
     
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Immortal Olive Tree
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
This poem will never be finished
       
     
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Everything touches everything else
       
     
       
     
       
     
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Buried in the knot
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
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In Most Nights We Weep in Advance, 2021
       
     
       
     
We Were Limbs in the Wind, 2021
       
     
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Buried in the knot
       
     
       
     
       
     
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Buried in the knot II
       
     
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Fold up the prayermat in your flight
       
     
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Wind is the Compass of the Stranger's North
       
     
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Untitled, 2021
       
     
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Work-in-progress Installation
       
     
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Dust to Rust, 2020
       
     
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And nothing but an echo replies, 2021
       
     
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And nothing but an echo replies (Deconstructed), 2021
       
     
I have long forgotten which is the language of my dreams (Left), Looking through an arched window (Right)
       
     
       
     
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 'Looking Through an Arched Window' (Detail)
       
     
       
     
Scaffold, 2020
       
     
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WIP studio sample
       
     
Lost and Found (Window studies), 2020
       
     
Untitled, 2021
       
     
       
     
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WIP dye samples
       
     
       
     
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Friday Prayers at D'arba Al Araba
       
     
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Souq Ibn Khaldoun, 2019
       
     
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Prayermat II (Folded)
       
     
Prayermat II
       
     
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Khareeta, 2019
       
     
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Ao2det Al- Khawaja
       
     
Khawaja (Detail)
       
     
Prayermat I
       
     
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Untitled
       
     
Gate, 2017
       
     
Galabeya I
       
     
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Galabeya II
       
     
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Hanging from the butcher's hooks, 2017
       
     
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Untitled
       
     
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Where the fig tree cannot be fenced
       
     
Where the fig tree cannot be fenced

2023

Fabric dye on canvas, Steel, Cement

Install shot at solo exhibition Where, if not faraway, is my place?’ at Union Pacific Gallery, London

       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
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Untitled

Cement

36cm x 22cm x 8cm

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If the olive trees knew the hands that planted them
       
     
If the olive trees knew the hands that planted them

Fabric dye and pigment of canvas, Steel

170cm x 80cm

2023

       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
Where the fig tree cannot be fenced
       
     
Where the fig tree cannot be fenced

2023

Fabric dye on canvas, Steel, Cement

Three-part installation

Install shot at solo exhibition ‘Where, if not faraway, is my place?’ at Union Pacific Gallery, London

       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
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As long as our tears are songs when we cry them
       
     
As long as our tears are songs when we cry them

2023

23cm x 15cm x 3cm

Cement

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Blindspot
       
     
Blindspot

Fabric dye and pigment of canvas, Steel

170cm x 80cm

2022

       
     
       
     
       
     
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Memory tree, 2023
       
     
Memory tree, 2023

Cement, Fabric dye

22cm x 36cm x 4cm

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Immortal Olive Tree
       
     
Immortal Olive Tree

2023

Cement, Steel

       
     
       
     
       
     
This poem will never be finished
       
     
This poem will never be finished

Fabric dye and pigment of canvas, Steel

170cm x 80cm

2022

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Everything touches everything else
       
     
Everything touches everything else

Fabric dye and pigment of canvas, Steel

170cm x 80cm

2022

       
     
       
     
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Buried in the knot
       
     
Buried in the knot

Fabric dye and pigment on canvas, Steel

150cm x 70cm

2022

       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
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Buried in the knot
       
     
Buried in the knot

Fabric dye and pigment on canvas, Steel

150cm x 70cm

2022

       
     
       
     
       
     
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In Most Nights We Weep in Advance, 2021
       
     
In Most Nights We Weep in Advance, 2021

Concrete

37x28cm

These concrete pieces were made in response to a poem by Mohammed El Kurd and in mourning of the destruction and the Palestinian lives lost in the on-going occupation. They are counter-monuments, memorialising the past by activating the present. A form of remembering that interrupts the passive silence of memorial.

       
     
We Were Limbs in the Wind, 2021
       
     
We Were Limbs in the Wind, 2021

Concrete

30x28.5cm

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Buried in the knot
       
     
Buried in the knot

Fabric dye and pigment on canvas, Rebar Steel

150cm x 70cm

2021

       
     
       
     
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Buried in the knot II
       
     
Buried in the knot II

Fabric dye and pigment on canvas, Rebar Steel

150cm x 70cm

2021

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Fold up the prayermat in your flight
       
     
Fold up the prayermat in your flight

Fabric dye, pigment and acrylic on canvas, Rebar Steel

270cm x 150cm

2021

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Wind is the Compass of the Stranger's North
       
     
Wind is the Compass of the Stranger's North

2021

Fabric dye, pigment and acrylic on canvas, Steel, Concrete

300cm x 250cm x 250cm

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Untitled, 2021
       
     
Untitled, 2021

Hand-dyed cotton, Copper

Currently showing at FOLD Gallery

SOCIAL FABRIC is open until 10th July 2021

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Work-in-progress Installation
       
     
Work-in-progress Installation

Fabric dye, pigment and acrylic on canvas, Steel

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Dust to Rust, 2020
       
     
Dust to Rust, 2020

Fabric dye, pigment and hand-embroidery on canvas, Steel

250 x 145cm

Install shot at San Mei Gallery, ‘Thought Threads’

Thought Threads is a group exhibition of textile-based works by artists Nour Jaouda, Emily Moore and Gal Leshem. The exhibition proposes a dialogue around the artists’ shared focus on materiality and the tactility of fabric as means to approach a diverse set of concerns including cultural identity and notions of belonging.

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And nothing but an echo replies, 2021
       
     
And nothing but an echo replies, 2021

Fabric dye, pigment and hand-embroidery on canvas, Steel

270cm x 100cm

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And nothing but an echo replies (Deconstructed), 2021
       
     
And nothing but an echo replies (Deconstructed), 2021

Fabric dye, pigment on canvas, Steel

I have long forgotten which is the language of my dreams (Left), Looking through an arched window (Right)
       
     
I have long forgotten which is the language of my dreams (Left), Looking through an arched window (Right)

2020

Acrylic, fabric dye, hand-embroidery on printed canvas, Steel

This textile installation was exhibited at the WIP exhibition at the Royal College of Art.

       
     
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 'Looking Through an Arched Window' (Detail)
       
     
'Looking Through an Arched Window' (Detail)

Acrylic, fabric dye, hand-embroidery on printed canvas, Welded steel

       
     
Scaffold, 2020
       
     
Scaffold, 2020

Low-relief ceramic, steel

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WIP studio sample
       
     
WIP studio sample

Mixed media. Arcylic, fabric dye, pigment on printed canvas.

Experimental samples of different textures, pigments, dyeing and mark-making techniques.

Lost and Found (Window studies), 2020
       
     
Lost and Found (Window studies), 2020

‘There is no ceiling for the wind, no home for the wind. Wind is the compass of the stranger's North… He says I am from there, I am from here, but I am neither there nor here’ Mahmoud Darwish on Edward Said

Acrylic, ink and watercolour on paper

21cm x30cm

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Untitled, 2021

Colour experiments, Fabric dye and pigment on canvas

30 x 40cm (Left) 50 x 70cm (Right)

       
     
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WIP dye samples
       
     
WIP dye samples
       
     
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Friday Prayers at D'arba Al Araba
       
     
Friday Prayers at D'arba Al Araba

Printed canvas, acrylic, fabric dye, steel, concrete

This textile installation is a hand-embroidered response to an experience of alienation and of eventual belonging in the shared ritual of Friday prayers.

It is an aesthetic exploration of the displacement of a migrant body within a foreign space. Through the skeletal structure of an inside/outside space, the viewers are invited to engage with the anonymous figures, muted shadows and ambiguous imagery depicted.

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Souq Ibn Khaldoun, 2019
       
     
Souq Ibn Khaldoun, 2019

Fabric dye, acrylic, pigment and hand-embroidery on cotton and printed canvas

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Prayermat II (Folded)
       
     
Prayermat II (Folded)

2017

Printed canvas, acrylic, hand-embroidery, clay

Prayermat II
       
     
Prayermat II

2017

Printed canavs, acrylic, hand-embroidery

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Khareeta, 2019
       
     
Khareeta, 2019

Printed canvas, acrylic, cotton fabric, hand-embroidery, 6 buttons

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Ao2det Al- Khawaja
       
     
Ao2det Al- Khawaja

Dolphin Gallery, 2018

Printed canavs, acrylic, clay, steel, bread basket, hand-embroidery

Khawaja (Detail)
       
     
Khawaja (Detail)

2018

Bread Basket

Prayermat I
       
     
Prayermat I

2017

Printed canvas, acrylic, fabric dye, hand-embroidery, clay

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Untitled
       
     
Untitled

Hanwoven Mohair cotton, wool, wax, fabric dye, hand-embroidery

Gate, 2017
       
     
Gate, 2017

Acrylic on printed canvas

Galabeya I
       
     
Galabeya I

Printed canvas, fabric dye, cotton, steel

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Galabeya II
       
     
Galabeya II

Printed canvas, acrylic, fabric dye

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Hanging from the butcher's hooks, 2017
       
     
Hanging from the butcher's hooks, 2017

Printed canvas, cotton, acrylic, dye, hand-embroidery

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Untitled
       
     
Untitled

Clay, Wool

Untitled
       
     
Untitled

Printed canvas, acrylic, fabric dye, wire

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