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In Our Words

An interactive installation that tackles preserving Arabic as a language of expression, through Arabizi

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January 20, 2026

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This immersive installation explores Arabizi as a living, collective language shaped by everyday digital communication and shared cultural memory. Eight hanging textile panels define the space: four crafted with Arabic family-related words, drawn from الحقل المعجمي للعائلة (al-ḥaql al-muʿjamī lil-ʿāʾila) and grouped into four semantic categories, and four blank counterparts.

The Arabic words are physically inscribed in ink onto bubble-wrap panels, embedding language into a tactile material presence. As visitors move and gather within the space, their presence activates the system, triggering projections that reveal the Arabizi counterparts on the opposing blank panels.

Presence becomes the interface. Meaning emerges through proximity, accumulation, and coexistence, reflecting how language, memory, and identity are collectively formed across generations, scripts, and contemporary modes of communication.

Project Team

Firas Safieddine
Amir Habibi
Francisco Estivallet
Cristian Rizzuti

Collaborating Artist
Alia Sharafi

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