The start of the art exhibition "Satellite … what is left of you" At the Mirroh Center for Arts
Sharjah, on September 24/ WAM/ started yesterday evening at the Mirroh Center for Arts, affiliated to the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority “Shurooq”, the activities of the art exhibition “Literature .. What is left of you”, which is a prominent exhibition devoted to the Palestinian embroidery language and continues until January 5, 2026.
The Miraya Art Center, through the exhibition, confirms its commitment to preserving cultural practices that celebrate identity, resistance and renewal.
The exhibition was attended by His Excellency Ahmed Obaid Al -Qusayr, CEO of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority “Shorouk”, and Al -Shehh Sultan Saud Al Qasimi, founder of the Bargil Arts Foundation and Samar Abu Sultan, represented by the Palestinian embassy in the UAE and Khalil Abdel Wahid, Director of the Fine Arts Department at the Dubai Authority for Culture and Arts.
The exhibition is organized with joint cooperation between Sima Azzam (Miria Art Center), Nour Suhail (1971 – Design Center), and Rola Scientific (“Sateh” exhibitions series).
The exhibition includes works for 25 contemporary artists and designers who re -imagine the Palestinian embroidery as an act of preserving the cultural identity and a language of resistance and continuity.
The exhibition reviews the threads that reach the past, the present, heritage, innovation, individual stories and collective identity by converting traditional symbols into contemporary works of various media, and confirms that embroidery is a living practice that still inspires creativity and enhances solidarity.
Some of the works were also accomplished in cooperation with the embroideries of the Resuscitation Association in Lebanon, which reflects the project’s commitment to transfer knowledge between generations and the consolidation of cultural resilience.
Rola Al -Alami said: “(link) links the past, the present, craft, art, tradition and modernity. It is my way of honoring embroidery as a transformative force that links individual tales with collective identity. In a world that is exposed to distortion and essence, it becomes a thread in the network of affiliations that link us with our identity and each other a living archive where Al -Hamimi meets with the cousin and the skill inherited with contemporary vision.”
The two values, Sima Azzam and Nour Suhail added: “Through” link: What remains for you, “we wanted to present embroidery not only as a practice rooted in the Palestinian heritage but also as a contemporary design language that continues to develop, as the works presented reveal that embroidery is a dynamic form of cultural expression that connects craft and art with steadfastness and creativity and the past reaches a imagined future.”
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