This work is a visual journey through the intertwined histories of women and their jewellery. Through curated pairings, it brings together twelve archival photographs of Palestinian women adorned from the 1920s–40s and overlays them with images of the same jewellery as it exists today, separated from the people and places they once belonged to.

This work reunites and pieces together scattered materials from a culture held in fragments, dispersed across archives and collection. These photographs show how jewellery accompanied Palestinian women throughout the rhythms of life, showing how it was worn and lived with, how it shaped and was shaped by the women who wore it.

Within this recontextualisation, jewellery reclaims its meaning, and the people reclaim their presence. Adornments become both vessels and mirrors of identity.

Images of jewellery courtesy of the Yasser Barakat Collection.

Material: Ink and Paper Year: 2026