Maw6ini (Mawtini)

Maw6ini is an audio visual installation that simulates the internal experience of the Arab diaspora in the west through their appropriation of the latin alphabet.

The series involves typographical artworks spanning across embroidery, paper, thread and video based on the anthem Mawtini (homeland) by Palestinian poet Ibrahim Touqan- a song commonly heard in the homes of Arab families.

The Arabic lyrics are phonetically represented in Latin letters and symbols, a method of communication that surfaced with the rise of online communication platforms and the limited access to arabic keyboards. This appropriation is used as a metaphor for the resistance to epistemicide from oppressive colonial systems of power.