Arts Lab 4.0: Month IV, Fatma Mohamed Ibrahim Mahmoud - Journey

It's already been four months and almost a month and a half to go, I can't believe the time has gone by so fast.

We started working right after Christmas on the Rroma exhibition, this exhibition gave me the chance to meet and learn more about the Rroma community, their history, culture and where they started their journey in the world.

This time I cooperated with my friend, Wasan, to do the workshop together, and the result was a video about how the students see the Rroma culture.

About my personal project I made a video called "ترحال" "Tirhal", the meaning in English is "Journey". It is about the struggles faced by the Rroma while trying to integrate into society or to show who they really are. It's about how they lost their identity while trying to hide because of society's pressure on them.

Now we have started working on our last exhibition here, it is the Jewish memorial museum. I look forward to knowing more about what happened to them in the past and being able to spread awareness and reduce racism against Jews through art.

Ataota or Fatma Mohamed Ibrahim Mahmoud is from Egypt and she's doing a six-month volunteering project under Arts Lab 4.0, funded by European Union through European Solidarity Corps Programme.