Artists + Residents | Arab American National Museum

Seen, Heard, and Understood

I’ve called many places home, but I’ve never described any as kindred.

Dec 16, 2025 • Leila Khoury

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June 2025

And this is some kind of a goodbye

I am closing out my residency tomorrow and hitting the road back to Brooklyn this week.

Jun 22, 2025 • Sarah Rose

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On Film

To help build the performance world of “Blood Memory,” I’m very compelled to create visuals to be projected and accompany parts of the performance.

Jun 18, 2025 • Sarah Rose

Figuring out a dance

solo work is not my strong suit

Jun 16, 2025 • Sarah Rose

Blood Memory

Hello, hello.

Jun 15, 2025 • Sarah Rose

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October 2024

welcoming the fall in Dearborn with Leila and the Oud

It has been a long time since I’ve lived anywhere other than Montreal for any longer than two weeks.

Oct 28, 2024 • Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch

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Mosaic

- being Arab - end of residency check in

Oct 7, 2024 • ebti ابتهال

September 2024

There's no "I" in identity

“Identity politics are bleak” - this is how my dear friend and artist Sylvia starts her undergraduate thesis titled: 100% Chicano-ish.

Sep 25, 2024 • ebti ابتهال

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A mother tongue

- second Arabic lesson with Hameed

Sep 19, 2024 • ebti ابتهال

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Patching up holes

- my secret mission

Sep 12, 2024 • ebti ابتهال

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Language and grounding

and lack thereof

Sep 11, 2024 • ebti ابتهال

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Things and stuff | حاجات ومحتاجات

the little objects that give us comfort and grounding

Sep 9, 2024 • ebti ابتهال

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