After Dinner

In this work, I use embroidery to stitch proverbs onto doilies. These sayings circulate across the Middle East, reminders that a woman without a man is nothing, and that having a daughter is a lifelong misfortune. They are spoken aloud, passed from grandmother to granddaughter, from mother to daughter, repeated after meals, in kitchens, in moments that look ordinary. By placing these words onto domestic objects, I hold them still, exposing how casually violence travels through care, tradition, and love.