Since 2021, I have been engaging with Aja’ib al-Makhluqat wa Ghara’ib al-Mawjudat (Arabic: عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات) — The Wonders of Creatures and the Marvels of Creation — a seminal work of Islamic cosmography and paradoxography by Zakariya al-Qazwini. Drawing inspiration from the manuscript’s visual depictions, mythical beings, and fantastical imagery, I have been reinterpreting these references into digital forms through illustrated characters—creating narrative worlds of my own that incorporate typographical elements used sometimes purely as form and other times bearing meaning to enrich the compositions.

One outcome of this ongoing exploration is a digitally produced and published artwork created during the height of the Jin, Jiyan, Azadî (Woman, Life, Freedom) movement in 2022 — made in solidarity with the people of Iran and in support of fellow activists in Berlin. This piece was later published in Une Révolution Iranienne: Femme Vie Liberté (Beaux-Arts de Paris éditions), in collaboration with the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris.