{
  "id": 3873601,
  "title": "Women of Vision: How Moza Al Falasi’s practice preserves Emirati women’s stories",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/women-of-vision-how-moza-al-falasis-practice-preserves-emirati-womens",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-28T02:44:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/friday/women-of-vision-how-moza-al-falasis-practice-preserves-emirati-womens-stories-1.500654351"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Moza Al Falasi, a Dubai-based multidisciplinary artist, focuses her practice on preserving the stories of Emirati women. Her artistic process involves exploring objects, spaces, and memories that hold emotional significance, often drawing from personal loss. Her work is deeply rooted in her Emirati heritage, incorporating local landscapes, architecture, materials, and histories. Al Falasi's art examines how intangible legacies, such as stories and gestures, are passed down through generations and how absence shapes both identity and presence. She uses various mediums like painting, mixed media, photography, and printmaking to reflect on themes of identity, belonging, and cultural memory. Al Falasi's exploration of Emirati heritage is shaped by the rapid transformation of the UAE, which has led to the obfuscation of traditional practices and local materials. These elements serve as repositories of stories that might otherwise go unnoticed. Each idea in her work determines its own visual form, allowing concept and material to develop together. Her use of different mediums, such as photography, painting, found objects, and printmaking, reflects the evolution of her ideas and research. Her journey as an artist was significantly influenced by her participation in Tashkeel’s Critical Practice Programme in 2024 and the Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artist Fellowship (SEAF) in 2024. These experiences provided her with the structure, intensity, and community needed to navigate personal and professional challenges. Al Falasi's art has been showcased in various exhibitions, including the Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi, the Emirates Fine Arts Society Annual Exhibition, Al Marmoom: Film in the Desert, and Gallery 25 in Australia. These exhibitions have allowed her work to be viewed in different cultural settings, revealing the universal themes of memory, labour, absence, and belonging that resonate with diverse audiences. For Al Falasi, Emirati Women’s Day is a celebration of the visible achievements, knowledge, care, stories, and values carried by Emirati women. She sees her contribution as giving these forms of inheritance a visual life, allowing her to honor and transform them, ensuring that the stories continue to evolve and be passed down.",
  "summary": "Moza Al Falasi is drawn to what people leave behind: an object still holding the imprint of its owner, a familiar room transformed by absence, a gesture passed through generations without anyone naming its origin. For the Dubai-based multidisciplinary artist, grief is a force that changes the meaning of everyday things. Her work traces these changes through painting, mixed media, photography and…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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