The Harj Bin Marj ©Shadia Alem
The Harj Bin Marj book artwork installation by Shadia Alem
Concept
This story recounts the survival of a woman whose father the king.
”Decided to hide her from males” world by building a chamber under his castle and preventing anything masculine to ever reach her in her feminine domai , he was afraid of what a prophecy foretold that his daughter would disgrace him reaching for a man.
She managed to escape this blockage and limitation and finally fulfilled her rule in life as a creative intelligent woman
This work survived my city Jeddah’s flood 2010, survived my house lose 2014, and survived the dislocation of 2015, rhyming with the survival of Quoot Al-Qoloub the heroine of this story who was literally buried alive.
Technique
Rolled handmade art book
30x400 cm
A 22 minutes audio tale counted by Shadia Alem