Sarah Bahbah

"I grew up with so much guilt and shame for wanting to embody my sexuality and my identity, but I never really had a space where I fit into"

"“I’m sorry to my mother and Allah for the things I have done tomorrow”"

"“It took 24 years of my life to learn just how whitewashed I became and how much I repressed my identity in order to exist safely in White spaces”"

"“If you don’t truly understand the beliefs you’ve made about yourself, then they’re always going to subconsciously take over. It takes a lot of introspective therapy, talking about it, unpacking it and learning where the core belief came from and why you can’t let it leave essentially.”"

"Her art is driven by the desire to "create a space where she belong, a space that she could own"