The role of women in society has been subjected to different theologies and cultures across time, mostly characterized by marginalization. In my series Yasmina I travel back in time to my Grandmother’s era to explore the strength and spirit of Lebanese women of the time. I created the character of Yasmina as a symbol of the expectations set for women - endurance, anguish, and strength. In this era women were confined to the home, to cooking and cleaning, to helping and nurturing. But where was a space for their ideas? Their desires? Their thoughts? Yasmina is set at the precipice of a new world, a time of awakening, where women like her learn how to make space for their own self-discovery.
