What happens to the photos we bury in our archives?
This ongoing exploration brings to life cyanotype prints reimagined from my archival photos, taken in Yemen over a decade ago. I don’t yet know where this journey will lead, but I’m curious to see what emerges when these buried images resurface. Being in the diaspora, this process feels like a thread connecting me to my homeland, an act of digging into my own archive to see what unfolds. Back then, my relationship with photography was different; now, I see these images from a new perspective, one shaped by distance and time.

Additionally, I am interested in how grief operates as both an emotion of loss and a form of awakening. The photographs reveal Yemen that no longer exists, yet they help me reflect on how my identity has evolved through exile. Grief, as both a personal and collective experience, preserves memory while transforming it an idea that underpins much of my project.