The I’m Migrant exhibition project was first shown at Bermondsey Project Space, London, in April 2023

A uniquely personal multimedia project, Yamam Nabeel’s photographic and short-film portraits of these artists are presented alongside selected works and photographs from the artist’s own archives.

The exhibition balances the immense cultural worth of the artists’ crafts, from traditional calligraphy to abstract painting, with the warm human centre of their shared life stories. Each artist has space to tell their stories in their own words, focusing on the lives of immigrant and exiled artists, poets and writers from the Arab world and their contribution to western culture.

The exhibition includes:

Original caligraphy by Ghani Alani
Paintings by Afifa Aleiby
Paintings and drawings by Faisel Laibi Sahi
Poetry by Nabeel Yasin
Photographic portraits and documentary film series by Yamam Nabeel
A programme of film screenings and poetry readings