Come, Let Me Heal Your Wounds . 2019
About 50 herbs and spices – each with cultural references – were used to create these textiles, which not only encapsulate age-old knowledge, but also deem them healing cloths. Awartani first creates tears and holes in the fabric, in the locations where cultural destruction was committed by Islamic fundamentalist groups since the start of what is known as the Arab Spring in seven Arab nations – Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Libya, Iraq, Egypt and Yemen. She then repairs all 355 holes through the process of darning.
Dana Awartani
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