Description
A Silkscreen print inspired by Ziyarat Arbaeen:
فَمَعَكُمْ مَعَكُمْ لَا مَعَ عَدُوَّكُمْ
“So I am with you, I am with you, not with your enemies.”
I first sat with these words years ago in Karbala, during Arbaeen, and they stayed with me long after I left. I realized that these very lines summarize everything. They are a pledge that we make to our Imam, and bring back home with us.
My thoughts, my actions, My God centric worldview, through it all - I pledge that I am with you oh Imam. And I am not with your enemies - my habits, my actions, shouldn’t resemble those of your killers. My stance in this world is against your enemies today, whether they be people, institutions or ideologies.
Fun fact: The design and color palette pull from the tilework inside Imam Husayn’s (as) haram, the blues and yellows that cover the shrine walls and the geometry repeated across every panel.
Original Medium: Silk Screen Printmaking
