Rana Jarbou
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Black Swan
The Earth Speaks Arabic
Rana Jarbou recently embarked upon a calling in artistic expression, leaving behind a background in banking and finance. Her latest project had her travel across 12 Arab countries documenting graffiti in an attempt to give voice to society’s silent cries. Her book, “Arabian Walls” will be published in 2013. The motivations identified during the study include: Identity, Religion, Politics, Love, Freedom, Idolatry, Social commentary, Pop-culture, Palestinian solidarity, Feminism and Football. The Arab Uprisings of 2011 witnessed a shift in common motivators as the revolutionary mantra was contagious and the cacophony in the Arab world was expressed through urban discourse. Rana introduces her project: “Due to an increased spatial awareness of the territorial divide in Lebanon post the July war 2006, followed by Bahrain’s political dissent manifest through the very same medium, in a village where I resided, a clearly defined mission was to document the common as well as different motivators for people using this medium, the walls, as a means of establishing a better understanding of the labyrinthine Arab identity. For an obscurely defined panethnicity, “Arabian Walls” visualizes a journey capturing a transitional period while it aims to redefine the Arab world through a different lens, through its walls.”
If Walls Could Talk 
beautiful work rana , we will come to Bahrain specifically to see the exhibit , very proud of you