Oraib Toukan
Trans-Jordan
“How much are terrains manipulated to become symbols of nostalgic elements of being and belonging. Amman has lived off the fantastical visual idioms that come with the sound of the words ‘Beirut’, ‘Damascus’, ‘Baghdad’, or ‘Haifa’. The names of these cities become a mise en abyme in that their is infinity in a word.” (oraibtoukan.com)