Let your eyes be cast on the mountain tops 

ولتكن عيناك على رؤوس الجبال موجهة

2019

In 2019 the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Jordan and the online art magazine, Artmejo, put out an open call for artists to commemorate 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. The winning work was submitted as a collaborative piece between Dalal Mitwally and Miramar Al-Nayyar, which we then transformed into this mural located in downtown Amman, Jordan. A line of poetry from Seba Al Abbadi, “Let Your Eyes Be Cast On The Mountain Tops” written in Arabic Kufic square script, decorates the surroundings of the woman in the mural. This competition was launched in the midst of nationwide protests in response to the news of a brutal act of domestic violence in the northern part of the country. We attempted to show a woman in a state of strength and security casting her eyes inwards towards her own mountain tops that never cease to disappear, resembling the fortitude every woman has.