Today My Sight is Sharp, 2024

Deadstock fabric, Aghabani napkins, acid dye, sewing thread

Dimensions variable: 7 panel installation, each panel measures roughly 8’ wide and 11’ tall

This non-circulating library is a culmination of five Book Arts Solidarity Network members’ books, prints, ephemera, zines, brochures, and other printed reference material sourced from their personal collections. The selection is based on the collective’s mission to activate book arts as a tool for mobilizing solidarity-based movements, in particular the liberation struggle in Palestine and anti-imperialist movements across the SWANA (South West Asian, North African) region. Each book is hand-picked for fair attendees to read, photograph, and take inspiration from as you weave in and out of the fair and accompanying events.

Textile installation by Jenna Hamed & Rhonda Khalifeh for Brooklyn Art Book Fair 2024

Reading Room contributions by Leila Abdelrazaq, Jenna Hamed, Rhonda Khalifeh, Aya Krisht, Sarah Nicholls

Reading Room title borrowed from the short story of the same name by Palestinian poet Yousri Alghoul

Photos by Dania Miguel