Autobiography of a Human Body – 2001

This work  is a sculptural book installation that confronts the spiritual and cultural tensions surrounding female embodiment in Arab society. Cast in the Muslim prayer position, the artist’s gilded face and hands emerge from a black Saudi garment on the book’s cover—an icon of reverence and resistance. Inside, pages of burlap and raw canvas hold self-portraits, altered American flags, and Qur’anic verses, inviting viewers to turn each page and witness a reclamation of identity. Through materials laden with symbolic weight—henna, rope, black cloth—the work deciphers and reconfigures the codes that bind women to sin, silence, or sacrifice. This book becomes a sacred space where the body speaks, heals, and insists on wholeness.

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