عيدنا عودتنا
(Our Eid is Our Return)
@ND1B__
2024
Sun printed photography and embroidery
35mm photo taken on 10/07/2024, sunprinted and hand embroidered using tatreez stitching method. The quote loosely translates to “Our Holiday is Our Return". Wanting to integrate tatreez with my traditional analog photography, this piece was my first project combining the two mediums.
*This piece was featured in the art exhibition, Here the Birds’ Journey Begins, on April 26th, 2025.
“According to international law, the ‘right of return’ is a principal that guarantees one's right to re-entry or return to their country of origin, especially if they were forcibly expelled or displaced.”
@ND1B__ is a first generation Palestinian, born and raised on the southwest side of Chicago. For more than half her life her passion has been photography, but has recently fallen in love with tatreez (centuries old Palestinian embroidery).