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Fellaha, but make it macho.A playful reversal of 19th century Orientalist depictions of fellaha women, replacing the fem...
26/08/2026

Fellaha, but make it macho.

A playful reversal of 19th century Orientalist depictions of fellaha women, replacing the feminized figure with a muscular male body. Pencil and acrylic on papyrus.

Freska boy selling thin, crispy wafers along Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. One of those little trades that make the local...
25/08/2026

Freska boy selling thin, crispy wafers along Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. One of those little trades that make the local beach life what it is. Pencil and acrylic on papyrus.

This summer, I travelled along Morocco’s shores, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, from Rabat to the Rif, returnin...
23/08/2026

This summer, I travelled along Morocco’s shores, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, from Rabat to the Rif, returning to places I have always loved and discovering new ones, through a country in the midst of transformation. Here and there, pockets of poetry still remain: places sheltered from the noise of the world, where people, landscapes and gestures seem to have retained something of their truth.

Fragments of « Al Lataif Al Musawara » (December 1930) portraying Egypt’s wrestling champions who conquered Cairo. A col...
25/07/2026

Fragments of « Al Lataif Al Musawara » (December 1930) portraying Egypt’s wrestling champions who conquered Cairo. A collage on papyrus where forgotten heroes climb toward the crown of a glorious palm.

Hand-painted scenes of the Nile on papyrus meet collaged images of women artisans from 1970s magazines. A celebration of...
23/07/2026

Hand-painted scenes of the Nile on papyrus meet collaged images of women artisans from 1970s magazines. A celebration of Egypt’s living craft traditions, where past and present continue to stitch the same story.

For the love of Kora, the Arabic word for football: sportsmanship, togetherness, humility, composure, and the poetry of ...
19/07/2026

For the love of Kora, the Arabic word for football: sportsmanship, togetherness, humility, composure, and the poetry of bodies in motion !
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Holding up a red card to racism, corruption, and favoritism.

Acrylic and collage on papyrus.Cut from « Al Lataif Al Musawara » (1930s).Forgotten wrestling champions, a suspicious re...
17/07/2026

Acrylic and collage on papyrus.
Cut from « Al Lataif Al Musawara » (1930s).
Forgotten wrestling champions, a suspicious referee, and a leopard who knows more than he lets on.

Acrylic and archival collage on papyrus.A resting gazelle watches over forgotten champions among impossible flowers.
16/07/2026

Acrylic and archival collage on papyrus.
A resting gazelle watches over forgotten champions among impossible flowers.

Acrylic, collage on papyrus.Fragments of « Al Lataif Al Musawara » (Cairo, 17 April 1922), where a wrestling match betwe...
15/07/2026

Acrylic, collage on papyrus.
Fragments of « Al Lataif Al Musawara » (Cairo, 17 April 1922), where a wrestling match between Abdel Halim El Masry and Youssef Baraza slips into a garden among gazelles, palms and a window opening onto the night.

A forgotten athlete leaps across a grove of painted palms. Acrylic and collage on papyrus using imagery from a 1930s iss...
13/07/2026

A forgotten athlete leaps across a grove of painted palms. Acrylic and collage on papyrus using imagery from a 1930s issue of « Al Lataif Al Musawara » documenting a sporting competition in Cairo.

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