A trio of architecture students from the American University of Sharjah (AUS): Sara Mohamed from Egypt, Laura …

QASA’ED is inspired by the captivating imagery of Emirati poetry and represents the joy held by those who spent their nights recounting vivid stories from the tops of sand dunes in the desert, while underscoring the lasting significance of creative literature in Emirati culture.

SILK ROAD is an homage to the architectural forms of Islam, a reminder to the fruits and perils that this region has faced, and the resultant beauty that helped define our culture, a constant timeline of “leaving” and “returning” home.

ABJAD is a series of wooden sculptures based on shapes created from research into how the Arabic and Roman alphabets developed through time.