I am a sounding artist, and curator. My practice centers ancestral and embodied rituals in the Arab Gulf. My work moves between sound, music, and performance while integrating memory, voice, and listening to shape personal and collective stories.
Grounded in process as repair and integration, my work responds to the evolving social and cultural landscapes of Saudi Arabia and the wider region as they undergo radical transformation.
Developed through over a decade of independent sound and vocal study and a formal background in curatorial practice, my work bridges grassroots, private, and governmental art contexts across the Gulf. This cross-sector experience informs a critical practice that generates situated knowledge—embodied, contextual, and collaborative.
My ongoing project Sawtasua began in 2020 as an artistic inquiry into women's folk musical traditions and has since grown into a curatorial platform organising all things related to women's histories in the region through the labor of archiving, listening, and collective authorship. find our more here
Let’s be in touch — I’m open to collaborations and conversations that resonate. If you'd like to follow up on my weekly thoughts, you can also sign up to my newly formed substack , hope to hEar from you soon
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