Barsha Kalam (A Lot Of TALKS)Video, 43 mins, Tunisia, 2017As an Egyptian living in Berlin, I found myself grappling with questions about contemporary Arab lifestyles—not only within my personal circles but also on a broader societal level. This reveals a striking need for a deeper understanding of the modern Arab world. Determined to explore these issues, […]
About ParadiseVideo, 22 min, Mecca, Santiago de Compostela, 2014 In this video, we listen to testimonies collected from Egypt and Germany (the two cultures I live between). The participants share their personal and culturally influenced imaginations of what might come after death, as well as their conceptions of the idea of paradise. The film interweaves these narratives with scenes I captured
MonologueVideo and found footage, 4:50 mins, Cairo, 2010Archival made-for-TV nationalist song clips and dance performances are deliberately combined with everyday urban scenes and abstract sound. The video footage offers a glimpse of a mundane present time and a generic persona, without discernible intent or concrete narrative, creating a striking contrast to the highly intentional gestures