When conceiving my MFA production I knew I wanted to explore my identity; what does it mean to be stripped of all the context of your history and grow up “creating” a relationship with your ancestry across the globe? What results is a fragmented and layered group of choices that must literally be unwrapped throughout one’s life. This trajectory highlighted the areas I have witnessed Egyptians depicted in Western media and performance, or rather the neglect of such appearances and the inclination towards appropriation and white-washing. My work attempts to restitute Egyptian aesthetics in the West, and recraft these narratives through an informed lens.

Artist’s Statement