What objects tell the story of your life?
Parts of an incomplete whole. One’s identity is deeply interconnected with their nationality. The latter represents the soil they were born on and the expectations it brings. It has big impacts on the setting of your life, which in turn triggers a chain reaction of countless other experiences changing or occurring. My entire family is from Libya, with the vast majority of them born and raised there. There are minimal exceptions where family has stayed abroad for some time, however my immediate family and I are the only ones who’ve moved to the US. Still, when they first moved everyone in the family at the time had been born in Libya, which includes my older sister. I am one of two in my family who was born here. From the debate of moving to Libya and leaving where I was raised to the constant mix up of my nationality it’s quite difficult to fully identify with one country or culture. My blood and roots are almost purely Libyan, yet living there feels strange and unfamiliar. I know the...