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Palm Tree Conversation

Maryam Wissam Al Dabbagh

Born in 1982 in Dubai, and lives in Dubai, UAE.

Medium

Poetry & sound installation

Year

2022-2023

Description

This poem is part of an ongoing series that delves into the themes of identity, fertility and pain through the lens of a single palm tree. This palm tree, planted in the UAE, is seen through the work as a product of years of breeding palm trees from Iraq. It is known amongst many communities of Iraqis in the UAE that many palm trees were imported from Iraq to help establish the country's now-iconic palm groves.

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The New Sumerians Project

Sundus Abdul Hadi

Born in 1985 in Baghdad, and lives in Ontario, Canada.

Medium

Digital Composite Image & Photography

Year

2020

Description

Around 7,000 years ago, an ancient civilization known as the Sumerians settled along the banks of the Euphrates river, modern day Iraq. Their story gives clues as to our origin. Time was established as we still perceive it, and their advanced understanding of the cosmos and astronomy suggests that our ancestors had a certain access to the celestial sphere that has since been lost in translation.

THE NEW SUMERIANS is an evolving project that honours the ancestry we carry as displaced peoples. In collaboration with photographer Ahmad Nasereldein, I have created portraits that I have manipulated with the sculpted facial and body parts of Ancient Sumerians, starting with the 5,000 year old mask of “The Lady of Uruk”. This iteration begins with my origin story: my family— the microcosm. This process of transformation pays homage to our celestial ancestors, despite the passage of time and the circumstances that have propelled us away from our homeland.

These ancient sculptures carry our burdens and have witnessed our pillage. The New Sumerians is part of a larger exploration rooted in storytelling and world-building; a supernatural dimension where ancestors live amongst the unborn, and intergenerational burdens transform into wisdom.

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حوار نخلة

مريم وسام الدباغ

ولدت عام ١٩٨٢ في دبي وتعيش في دبي في الامارات العربية المتحدة.

الوسط

الشعر و القاء صوتي

السنة

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الوصف

هذه القصيدة جزء من سلسلة مستمرة تنظر بعيون شجرة نخيل واحدة إلى موضوعات الهوية والخصوبة والألم. يتناول هذا العمل هذه الشجرة الشامخة المزروعة في الإمارات على أنها نتاج سنوات من تربية النخيل في العراق، فمن المعروف بين العديد من الشتات العراقي في الإمارات أن العديد من أشجار النخيل أُستوردت من بلادهم الأم لإنشاء بساتين النخيل في الامارات، لتصبح الآن أيقونتها.

The New Sumerians Project

Sundus Abdul Hadi

Born in 1985 in Baghdad, and lives in Ontario, Canada.

Medium

Digital Composite Image & Photography

Year

2020

Description

Around 7,000 years ago, an ancient civilization known as the Sumerians settled along the banks of the Euphrates river, modern day Iraq. Their story gives clues as to our origin. Time was established as we still perceive it, and their advanced understanding of the cosmos and astronomy suggests that our ancestors had a certain access to the celestial sphere that has since been lost in translation.

THE NEW SUMERIANS is an evolving project that honours the ancestry we carry as displaced peoples. In collaboration with photographer Ahmad Nasereldein, I have created portraits that I have manipulated with the sculpted facial and body parts of Ancient Sumerians, starting with the 5,000 year old mask of “The Lady of Uruk”. This iteration begins with my origin story: my family— the microcosm. This process of transformation pays homage to our celestial ancestors, despite the passage of time and the circumstances that have propelled us away from our homeland.

These ancient sculptures carry our burdens and have witnessed our pillage. The New Sumerians is part of a larger exploration rooted in storytelling and world-building; a supernatural dimension where ancestors live amongst the unborn, and intergenerational burdens transform into wisdom.

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