Marah Haj Hussein

A series of conversations

Over a period of two years, the artist, who was born and raised within the borders of Israel, interviewed various members of her family about their relationship to their native language – Arabic – and their relationship to the official language of the country they live in – Hebrew.

The conversations and recordings draw attention to the characteristics and evolution of a language within the social and political circumstances in which it develops. The personal stories reveal the complexity of our reality, which can confuse, (un)predict and perhaps ultimately understand how we view power, borders and displacement.