Al-Tariqah (The Path), Tunisia. 2014.
“Al-Tariqah (Arabic for “the path”) from my project Silsila, imagines the desert as a metaphorical space for establishing connection, separation, and identit
(...) y. It retraces, through location, the mystical and historical importance of the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa. In this image, the female figure stands next to a natural fault line of the Sahara Desert in southern Tunisia. It suggests the constructions of human-made borderlines onto a borderless landscape. The project focuses on a geographic voice, our search for community in our own consciousness and with each other as interdependent peoples and nations facing an uncertain future in an era of climate change and sociopolitical unrest. Silsila was produced with the support of Ayyam Gallery, Dubai.”
- Sama Alshaibi
© Sama Alshaibi, Courtesy of Ayyam Gallery, Dubai
