Birth: August 21, 1981
When actually, you have one identity made of different parts. Depending on where you are, at what time in your life, some things are higher or deeper….
I'm more into the perception scope of a work; I'm exploring this concept of perception and how people can look at someone, look at the community, and….
You meet a lot of people [in Dubai] coming from a lot of different places. Even me, I'm always in transit. I don't stay anywhere too long. I like the….
I couldn't know about my culture, my history, without learning the language, so I started learning Arabic - reading, writing. I used to speak Arabic ….
Everywhere I've been, from South Africa to Brazil, people are connected to it. For me, art is a way to bring people together. You can put people on t….
I'm trying to create artwork that makes people, and myself, think about judgment as a reflex. This is something that must be changed..
"eL Seed" was inspired by the French play Le Cid by Pierre Corneille. It was seeing "Le Cid" coming from the Arabic name "el sayed," which means "the….
I've been working a lot with identity and roots, being part of your roots. I went into this topic where I was trying to break the stereotype of Arabi….
Sometimes the reading is related to something I do, sometimes it's not. I feel like every time I read something, there's a quote or something that co….
Art brings people back to their sensibility as human beings. This is the purpose of art: To bring people together and bring back the humanity as well..
I've seen it personally that people have a natural sensibility to Arabic script. I don't know it if it's because of the shape, I don't know what it i….
It was an identity crisis. I was born and raised in France, but I never really felt French, so I needed to find something that I was more connected t….
In France, they make you feel that you cannot be two things at the same time. You can't be French and Arabic; you can't be French and Muslim..