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Honored to receive the Public Award — People’s Choice from Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris for ‘Weaving the Land Back خيوط العودة’

To know that people connected with my community, my culture, and what I stand for through my practice means more than I can say

Thank you to everyone who supported and was part of this process

Weaving the Land Back was commissioned by @1971designspace and presented as part of the Sila Exhibition: “All That Is Left to You” at @marayaartcentre Curated by @cimazzam and @noorahijleh and founded by @kiyanart

Embroidery made in collaboration with the women of @inaashassociation

Photos by @sarah.girard.bl taken in Paris, France by @by_areen

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🏅 Découvrez les lauréats du Prix du design de l’IMA 2026 !

L’Institut du monde arabe est heureux de dévoiler les lauréates et lauréats de la 4e édition de son Prix du design, qui célèbre la richesse, la créativité et l’excellence du design du monde arabe et de sa diaspora.

✨ Prix du Talent émergent : @aseelaoa
🧵 Prix de l’Artisanat contemporain : @a_l_t_i_n__s_t_u_d_i_o
🌱 Prix de l’Impact, Arab Bank Switzerland : @christopherbghoussoub et @fou.khar
🏆 Grand Prix : @architecte.salimanaji
🧑‍⚖️ Prix du Jury : @sahelalhiyari
❤️ Prix du Public : @by_areen

Venez découvrir leurs œuvres, aux côtés de l’ensemble des projets finalistes, dans l’exposition du Prix du design de l’IMA 2026 !

📅 Du 10 au 20 septembre 2026
📍 Espace des donateurs, niveau -2 — Institut du monde arabe
🎟️ Entrée gratuite sur réservation via le lien en bio

🤝 L’Institut du monde arabe remercie chaleureusement @arabbankch pour son soutien, ainsi qu’@horizonalula et @designspacealula

Ce Prix du design est organisé en partenariat avec @parisdesignweek , @trameparis et @manufacturesnationales , et en partenariat média avec @admiddleeast , @elledecorationfr et @canvasmag

🏆 Trophée conçu par RayXander Studio (@rayxander_official ) taken in Institut du monde arabe by @by_areen

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For @by_areen, every stitch is an act of memory.

For Areen, textiles aren’t just craft; they’re a language carrying memory. Head to the link in bio to read more about the Palestinian artist’s definition of power, and how she’s making power movies in the region. 🔗

Cosmo Power 30 can be found in Cosmo ME’s Summer 2026 issue. Grab your copy at the link in bio. ✨

#CosmoME #Power #Art by @by_areen

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From the opening of Sila, Al’Qala at the @realfabricatapices

Her Hands, Her Land is installed on an 18th-century loom, the same loom once used to weave royal tapestries for the Royal Palace of Madrid.

A tool once used to serve power and monarchy now holds stories of land, labor, and survival. Placed within this structure, the work brings together two traditions of making; Palestinian embroidery and Spanish tapestry. Threads shift in meaning, moving between ornament and testimony, between craft and continuity.

The loom becomes a meeting point, where practices, separated by time and geography, come into relation. Embroidery appears not only as heritage, but as presence: held, repeated, and carried forward, where threads carry memory across time, and histories are not only preserved, but continuously reworked and reasserted. taken in Madrid, Spain by @by_areen

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Her Hands, Her Land, يداها، أرضها

Hands that hold, shape, and sustain life, like thread ; never still, always becoming❤️

Inspired by the Gaza–Majdal thobe and traditional motifs such as the Cypress Tree and Cypress Pendant, the work reimagines embroidery as both structure and act: a form of survival.

Currently on view until 5/6 in Madrid at @realfabricatapices as part of the exhibition Al’qala, the work is presented within Sila, founded by @kiyanart

Filmed by @thinksmarthub and @regashots , edited by @regashots , music by @rola.azar by @by_areen

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Her Hands, Her Land, يداها، أرضها

Rooted in her, thread by thread, seed by seed, their hands carry the scent of earth and woven threads; the same hands that embroidered history into fabric and harvest into life.

Inspired by the Gaza–Majdal thobe and traditional motifs such as the Cypress Tree and Cypress Pendant, the work reimagines embroidery as both structure and act: a form of survival.

The orange layer, created in collaboration with @inaashassociation embodies the persistence of cultural practice beyond place.

Currently on view in Madrid at the @realfabricatapices as part of the exhibition Al’qala, the work is presented within Sila, founded by Rula Alami @kiyanart

Photography by @regashots (2, 9, 10), @thinksmarthub (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11), and @inaashassociation (12) taken in Madrid, Spain by @by_areen

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@SceneHome: Palestinian textile artist Areen Hassan draws on heritage as the thread that binds her art and identity. Her series, 'Weaving the Land Back', comprises three large-scale works that reframe traditional Palestinian motifs through a contemporary lens.

By combining cross-stitch embroidery with silkscreen printing, and by allowing threads to unravel, Hassan builds textiles that are simultaneously structured and broken down. This dialogue between construction and deconstruction anchors the series. Embroidery is treated as a structural framework, tracing survival, displacement and identity.

Read the full feature on scenehome.com.

📸 1971 - Design Space
🖊️Salma Thabet by @by_areen

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My Palestinian heritage is the thread that binds my art and identity ; Palestinian embroidery is more than echoes woven in every stitch; it is a legacy passed down through generation, from grandmother to mother to daughter. It is a living vessel of memory, resilience, and identity, pulsing through every thread and color, carrying our ongoing stories.

The embroidered layers woven into this series were created by members of the @inaashassociation

This work is part of the series ‘Weaving the Land Back’, on display at Sila Exhibition: All That is Left to You at @marayaartcentre , curated by @cimazzam and @noorahijleh ,in collaboration with @kiyanart

Photos by @bernardjy by @by_areen

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@SceneHome: Palestinian textile artist Areen Hassan draws on heritage as the thread that binds her art and identity. Her series, 'Weaving the Land Back', comprises three large-scale works that reframe traditional Palestinian motifs through a contemporary lens.

By combining cross-stitch embroidery with silkscreen printing, and by allowing threads to unravel, Hassan builds textiles that are simultaneously structured and broken down. This dialogue between construction and deconstruction anchors the series. Embroidery is treated as a structural framework, tracing survival, displacement and identity.

Read the full feature on scenehome.com.

📸 1971 - Design Space
🖊️Salma Thabet by @by_areen

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My People Will Return opens tomorrow in Antwerp, bringing together artists whose works insist on return, on memory, on what cannot be erased.

Featuring: Dima Srouji (@dimasrouji), Hamada El Kept (@hamadaelkept), Areej Kaoud (@areejkaoud), Khaled Jarrar (@khaledjarrar), Millie Brown (@milliebrownworld), Emily Jacir (@emilyjacir), Areen Hassan (@by_areen) & Banksy (@banksy)

At sundown, the subject matter extends onto CINEMA TICK TACK, presenting a ‘Palestine Public Cinema Programme’ featuring works by Adam Broomberg (@adambroomberg) + Lena Holzer (@len.a.holzer), Steve Sabella (@steve_sabella), Jumana Manna (@jumanamanna), Rosalind Nashashibi (@rosishibi), Sharon Rose (@sharonrose.fm), Mark Wallinger (@mark_wallinger_mark), Larissa Sansour (@larissasansour) & Søren Lind (@sl.lind)

Filmed readings by acclaimed actors Saleh Bakri (@salehbakriart) and Luca Kamleh Chapman (@kase.luca)

Curated by Zayna Al-Saleh (@zayna_al_s)

📅 Opening Night, Friday November 14 (7-10 PM)
📍 TICK TACK, Antwerp
💚 Your presence is an act of solidarity.

#TickTack taken in TICK TACK by @by_areen

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Honored to be commissioned by Sharjah Broadcasting Authority to create this textile installation for Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi @thebigheartuae as part of The Sharjah Human Development Forum short film. With this year’s forum spotlighting Palestinian culture, I’m deeply grateful to have been selected to create and lead the textile direction of the film. Special thanks to @stopalo7 for his vision and trust.

Head of Creative Department: @lubna_habash
Creative Director: @stopalo7
Director of Photography: @abdul_sulaiman13
Gaffer: @khaled_berekdar
Communications Representative: @fhalmatrooshi
Partnership Representative: @hayamerai by @by_areen

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