The Soft Voice Behind the Strong Women of the Arab World

” Your las nuit des Français Does not resemble me For I do not see the reflection of my face in your river… I melt in you, but do not relate to you Threads of desert sand are what have woven me For God’s sake, how have you captured me? A stranger on [...]

On Top of the World Farhad Moshiri in talk with Nik Nejad: A Dialogue on Identity Crisis & Artistic Conflict

Oasis Magazine- Marriam Mossalli Article

One of the most influential psychoanalysts of the 20th century, Erik H. Erikson (1902-1994) coined the term identity crisis. His legacy lies within his basic developmental premise that conflict is negotiated in the context of relationships and identity crisis is the confusion of roles, or the identity, which he identified in 1970 as “a subjective [...]

Something Borrowed, Something New

Something Borroweb, Something New- By Marriam Mossalli, Oasis Magazine

I must confess my mind wasn’t really into art as I walked passed the booths at the MENASART FAIR in Beirut.

Just weeks before Ramadan, I was more focused on planning my last sessions of tanning than the bold social commentary made by Ammar Al Beik’s “Oil Leaks” (2005) collection. In addition, the ceaseless bombardment [...]