In my search to find my identity, after arriving in the United States, the new paintings that started emerging on my canvases were “Myth and Mystery Series”. These began with my continuous lyrical line on the canvas and ended up bringing out the mysteries buried under my subconscious mind. I worked from 1991 until 1999 on these myth series where fishlike figures appeared on my
The Year 2020 has been eventful. I have created many works that have been inspired by current events. I call these series Current Crisis:2020 The year 2020 has brought realty of our humanity We should be grateful as now we know We are divided inside and outside globally We have ignored the spread of Corona virus We have abused our glorious earth and its
My project “Our Earth: Embracing All Communities” is almost complete now. I have done 40 paintings inspired from 40 verses from the Quran that guide us to live ecologically. I am grateful to East Bay Community Foundation for a fair amount of grant and my art patrons and collectors for matching the grant too. I am grateful to my friend Dr. Basma Abdelgafar for her translations of
My works are lyrical, spiritual, figurative, and calligraphic. My paintings reveal stories of unity in diversity, peace and joy, celebration of life, and women and dancing whirling dervishes. Whether in paintings or sculptures, the faceless figures in my work represent the universal oneness of all humanity. My calligraphic work attempts to celebrate the same message of universality spread through verses in Arabic calligraphy and in the poetry of Rumi. Read More
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