إِنْتْ مِينْ وِالنَّاسْ نَايْمِينْ؟ / collateral feelings is a selection of drawings and lettering made between 2023 and 2026. the series responds to the social, political and religious climate that has been roaming the region. line by line, the hatching carries words that are said every day here, and figures caught in their moods towards themselves.

these drawings and lettering are part of allah project (مشروع الله), a wider research ghenwa began in 2019. through the word allah (الله) and everyday expressions such as “in the name of god” (بسم الله) and “inshallah” (إن شاء الله), it seeks to understand how the political, social and religious spheres intertwine in daily life in lebanon, depending on the context one is in. the project takes shape as film, animation, performance through writing and chanting, typewriting on the dactylo (الدكتيلو), and drawing.

ghenwa (nwaré) abou fayad is a lebanese cross-disciplinary artist, illustrator and composer based in amsterdam. her practice moves between drawing, lettering, sound and music performance. her work explores language, oral history and repetition through storytelling. nwaré has shown and performed across europe and lebanon, including at the van gogh museum, w139, the stedelijk museum, beit beirut, holland festival and sonic acts. collateral feelings is her second exhibition at tota, after ‘processus’ in 2018.