# Ahlam Khamis ## Posts - [Hello world!](https://ahlamkhamis.com/hello-world/): Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! ## Pages - [Press](https://ahlamkhamis.com/press/): Press We Will Be What We Want to Be-Area 405 Goxxip Girl Collective at School 33-ArtRabbit Cactus Crown-At the Peale Sparking History-At The Peale Palestinian Theater Student Interviewed in Experimental Short Film Documentary-Electronic Intifada The Only Way Out Is Through-Cadvc - [Into the Mosaic](https://ahlamkhamis.com/into-the-mosaic/): Into the Mosaic The U.S. legal doctrine called, “Mosaic Theory” appropriates and weaponizes ancient Islamic art. George W. Bush used the doctrine to conduct many secret interrogations after 9/11 to create a mosaic of information about terror. Mosaic Theory is still used by U.S. police and government agencies to spy on predominantly non-white communities in […] - [Jasmin Sings a Whole New World](https://ahlamkhamis.com/jasmin-sings-a-whole-new-world/): Jasmin Sings a Whole New World Arabs are often dehumanized in popular media. By turning Arabs into violent terrorists, fumbling idiots, victimized women, and betraying seductresses, Western audiences are caused to become numb to Arab pain. I was a finalist for the Hollywood role of Jasmine in the live-action Disney movie Aladdin in 2018. I […] - [Cactus Crown](https://ahlamkhamis.com/cactus-crown/): Cactus Crown The cactus fruit holds a significance for Palestinians. I lean on the beauty of Palestine to lift me from confinement. This piece explores certain impossible elements of  Palestinian American identity. Ahlam Khamis, Cactus Crown, Family photo of performance with handmade garment, collage, 2021. - [Drone Menagerie](https://ahlamkhamis.com/drone-menagerie/): Drone Menagerie Drones are designed to “see without being seen.” These handcrafted glass sculptures resemble armed UAV systems. The use of glass emphasizes the invisibility of military technologies, but also the fragility of the societies that rely on them. From 2024 exhibit at Area 405, Baltimore, MD. Photo taken by Casey Mckeel. Example from Drone […] - [Under the Rocks](https://ahlamkhamis.com/under-the-rocks/): Under the Rocks This is an ongoing public performance series that started in 2011 with Ramzi Hibri at the California Institute of the Arts as a peaceful protest. Since then, each version has different spontaneous outcomes. In the May 2024 version, UMBC students walked by, whispered and asked questions as I lay under heavy debris […] - [Peepholes](https://ahlamkhamis.com/peepholes/): Peeholes Shredded artworks, texts, and messages that remain will exist as they are, as if redacted, parts of a whole that can never be attained, even after ceasefire. Ahlam Khamis, Peepholes: 2021-2025, 4-channel video loop. - [working Together to Process a Dream](https://ahlamkhamis.com/working-together-to-process-a-dream/): Working Together to Process a Dream Working Together to Process A Dream, 2025-ongoing, Photography, antique objects, hand-crafted ephemera, performance interventions with Khalti Badr’s embroidered scarf, collected evidence, artifacts from UMBC’s campus and Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX (Raytheon), weapon companies with UMBC relationships, 2024-2025. - [Clove Works](https://ahlamkhamis.com/clove-works/): Clove Works In Palestine, cloves are used medicinally to treat pain. A few summers ago, I was at the beach in Haifa, Palestine, and had an excruciating toothache. I happened to be wearing a traditional wedding necklace made of cloves that I bought earlier that day in a souk in Nazareth. My friend told me […] - [Dancing with the Daffodils](https://ahlamkhamis.com/dancing-with-the-daffodils/): Dancing With the Daffodils When I first saw a zoomed-out visualization image of satellites that swarm our planet, I almost laughed. In an endless scatter of floating gadgets, their pathways, advanced technologies hovering close, many of them privatized, many of them operating classified surveillance procedures, it seems we are governed by a system of narcissism. […] - [Magic Carpet](https://ahlamkhamis.com/magic-carpet/): Magic Carpet I was a finalist for the Hollywood role of Jasmine in the live-action Disney movie Aladdin in 2018.  I sang “A Whole New World” for my audition. In this Blackbox installation at the CADVC at UMBC, I sing my rendition of the song, with an audio track comprising drone sounds and found audio […] - [Contact](https://ahlamkhamis.com/contact/) - [Home](https://ahlamkhamis.com/) - [Bio](https://ahlamkhamis.com/bio/): Bio Ahlam Khamis is an interdisciplinary artist exploring the intersection of performance, installation, and digital media. Her work challenges dominant narratives, inviting new ways of seeing and engaging with the world. About me Artistic background Contact Interested in collaborating, commissioning, or starting a dialogue? I welcome projects rooted in curiosity, research, and creative risk. [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)