‘DIWAN’ draws inspiration from my grandmother’s longing and connection to her family home in Yemen, and is presented with a new interpretation and generational perspective.

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In the installation, I found my place between the objects of the Diwan collection - among them Shabazi’s songbook, Female handmade works that include straw baskets, embroidered head scarfs and cloths, and the Darbuka along to side-by-side self-portraits