Ossama Halal offers a loose adaptation of Story of a Mother, a Hans Christian Andersen story.

Echoing what life is like for families living in those Middle Eastern countries devastated by war, the artist tells the tale of a mother’s quest after the angel of death has taken her son. A journey punctuated by enigmas and ordeals where, at each stop she must leave behind something of herself, as a sacrifice or a renunciation. She leaves her eyes, her hair, her voice…

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Through its scenography, music, and layered storytelling, The Other Side of the Garden becomes a meditation on death, memory, and the tyranny of the image. It is a requiem not just for the lost, but for the way we remember them.

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Meet The Artist is a series of Interviews produced by Ettijahat.Independent Culture. 

​* photo credits: Hubert Amiel

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