For 'No Provenance: an artist project by Issam Kourbaj'

Followed by an opportunity to discuss the film in the context of the ‘No Provenance’ exhibition with the artist and curator, Issam Kourbaj, in The Heong Gallery.

AYOUNI

Described by The Guardian Newspaper as “a raging lament for Syria's 'disappeared'”, Yasmin Fedda's Ayouni chronicles the emotional quest of Noura and Machi seeking answers about their loved ones – Bassel Safadi and Paolo Dall'Oglio, who are among over 100,000 forcibly disappeared in Syria. Over six years and multiple countries, the film gives faces to the missing, breaking through silence and the limbo of an overwhelming absence of information, with hope and resilience.

‘Ayouni’ is a deeply resonant Arabic term of endearment - meaning ‘my eyes’ and understood as ‘my love’. It reveals a deeply personal story that reflects a universal struggle for justice, memory and visibility amid overwhelming absence.

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