Welcome
My most recent artistic work, Judgment Day, endeavors to cut through the prejudices and misconceptions that continue to plague the post-9/11 world. I hope to challenge Americans of all ancestries, and nationalities to open their hearts and minds, and come together through this work. It is my dream that through the sharing of experiences and emotions, open communication, and listening we will be able to learn from one another.
Through this project, I am exploring the personal and collective experiences of Americans, Arabs, and Americans of Middle Eastern descent following the 9/11 attacks and throughout the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The horrific attacks of 9/11 and the subsequent wars that followed have enflamed prejudices, fears, and misconceptions between the Western and Middle-Eastern worlds obscuring the fundamental virtues common to us all.
As an Arab-American, I have personally experienced the heightened tensions, suspicions, and even the outright hostilities created by the events of 9/11 along with the ongoing clash of cultures between the Western World and the Middle East. Being an Arab-American I am also intimately familiar with both American and Arab cultures and values, so I know personally that we are more alike than we are dissimilar.
America is a land built by and for inspired immigrants. To be American, whether born or naturalized, is to embody a breadth of perspectives and individual talents, freely and passionately expressed in an atmosphere of limitless possibilities. As a nation we are pledged the freedom to draw upon the experiences of our past and boldly shape our contributions to the future. It is our legacy through sacrifice and heroism and we are encouraged not to waste it.
