This week, I spent a lot of time sourcing domestic items for my upcoming Close to Home exhibition installation at the Queens Museum (it’s modeled after my Cairo apartment), painting a new series I’m debuting for the show, and meeting with my curator Hitomi, Aaron – the head preparator, and Hayley – the Registrar at the museum. Let me tellContinue reading “The Kids Were Off This Week… But I Wasn’t”
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A GOOD ANCESTOR?
I’m deep into production for my spring solo exhibition Close To Home at Queens Museum. As you may remember, my In-Situ fellowship at the museum is built around engaging with the museum’s archives and community. My upcoming show at the QM focuses particularly on inspiration and research in relation to the museum’s 1964-65 World’s Fair collection archive. I’m particularly interested inContinue reading “A GOOD ANCESTOR?”
PURCHASE ARTWORKS FROM INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTIST NSENGA KNGIHT.
I’ve put together this guide of available artworks and how you can purchase them according to your aesthetic needs and budget. I have also made some updates to my Website, so head over there for a more in depth look into my practice and my different projects by downloading the full artwork description. You can reachContinue reading “PURCHASE ARTWORKS FROM INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTIST NSENGA KNGIHT.”
Now Free Someone Else.
I’ve been sick all week with the flu , mashaAllah, and tho I didn’t make it to the museum to work in my studio not one single day this past week, I did catch almost all of the ICJ South Africa vs Israel genocide hearings. Toni Morrison said that “after you have freed yourself, you need to freeContinue reading “Now Free Someone Else.”
Alhamdullilah for a Great Year
Even in the midst of all the challenges we are facing collectively, I hope you are full of excitement for the new year. The thing that keeps people going even in the most difficult times (like the genocide we are witnessing in Palestine) is a certain hope for the future – even if that’s onlyContinue reading “Alhamdullilah for a Great Year”
You, Me, and the Houthi
The new year is right around the corner, and if something drastic doesn’t happen, we’re going to welcome it with the ongoing genocide of innocent Palestinians. It is unfortunate that this is the reality we live in, but it’s a reminder that a safe, prospering world is the responsibility of every single one of us.Continue reading “You, Me, and the Houthi”
THE COST OF FREEDOM
We’ve been hearing, seeing, and reading about the unrelenting Israeli attacks on Gaza since October that resulted in the loss of about 18,000 Palestinian lives. It is a horrifying present with little to no time between attacks to digest the news or even for Gazans to bury their dead. As I stand in solidarity with theContinue reading “THE COST OF FREEDOM”
Live from PALESTINE
I don’t think I had ever witnessed a Black woman reporting international news from abroad on a major TV network until just a few weeks ago when I saw Nima Elbagir – a Black woman fluent in Arabic, in Jerusalem covering the release of a number of Palestinian people from Israeli prisons as part ofContinue reading “Live from PALESTINE “
Still Alive, Alhamdullilah
Was there ever a period of your life where your first thought upon waking up was “I’m still alive, alhamdullilah.”? That’s how Bisan Wizard, a Palestinian activist, filmmaker, and content creator, starts her messages on her Instagram broadcasting channel where she shares updates about herself and her community in real time as they face Israeli attacks, genocideContinue reading “Still Alive, Alhamdullilah”
FREEDOM.
I believe that art and artists are charged with the task of truth-telling and being whole, fully autonomous beings regardless of the institutions, nationalities and communities we are part of or working with. The closer we are to our Creator and higher selves, the easier it is to discern the truth even in troubled times.Continue reading “FREEDOM.”