Immigrants are pulled threads, drawn from the motherland fabric and sewn onto the material life of our new homelands. we exist in a state of cultural purgatory, a state of not belonging! Or Maybe we are split, belonging a little to both sides. 

While we are woven into the whole, we yet stand out. We are bold lines of yarn stitched into the fabric of our adopted culture, in hopes of maybe belonging again one day.

State Of Not Belonging
2009
Thread, acrylic, charcoal and marker pen on canvas
60″ x 48″- 153 cm x 122 cm

I do Not Belong!
2009
Thread, acrylic, charcoal and marker pen on canvas
60″ x 48″- 153 cm x 122 cm

For Haytham
2009
acrylic, charcoal and marker pen on Arabic newspaper on canvas
60″ x 48″- 153 cm x 122 cm

I do not Belong II
2009
Thread, acrylic, charcoal and marker pen on canvas
72″ x 48″- 183 cm x 122 cm

I Do Not Belong ( diptych )
2009
Thread, acrylic, charcoal and marker pen on canvas
 60″ x 48″- 153 cm x 122 cm – each