Heba Abed’s installation at the 19th Sharjah Festival of the Arts, 2016

Heba was interested in the concept of scotomas; Blind spots in the field of vision, and their application in her society. They are evident when considering issues omitted in a satirical style, like mistranslation of Arabic or Latinization of Arabic using different symbols for Arabic phonemes that do not exist in English or other European languages.