“The object I chose was a gift from my grandmother, she gifted it to me when I was born. It’s a necklace. We used to call our grandmother Annah, which means mother in Turkish. This object reminds me of her of course. I used to take it with me on my travels. I feel I want to keep it with me, but one day, it occurred to me that I will never bear the possibility of losing it. So, I started keeping it at home, but now I think of taking it again with me, because what’s the point of having it if it is not with me all the time.”

“The drawings overlay traces over some writing. I wrote something one of the days, right before we were coming back to share. It was the anniversary of my grandmother’s passing. I went to the cemetery, and I had the necklace and my notebook, it gave me an opportunity to reflect on my relationship with my grandmother.”
Asmaa