A River Flows Through Dreams صلاة حلم

Video work, single channel, 3:40mins

Merging the dream like and imaginative like with prayers I learned for fear soothing on طاسة الرعبة before drinking water. My grandmother الله يرحمها showed me from the Barzakh how faith is passed continuously like a flowing river through generations while she was sleeping in my dream.

A River Flows Through Dreams صلاة حلم explores the interconnected impacts of displacement and finds steadfastness in acts of ritual, transmission and preservation, reflecting on relationships to water, dispossession, and enduring beliefs.