Noor: Al Hamadia souq, Damascus, Syria

The Al Hamadia shopping area in Damascus, Syria, with Roman ruins in the background. Oil paint on gesso panel. 22.5 x 17 cm.

Noor: Born in Damascus, Syria.

Currently living in St John’s, Halifax, Canada.

“I am not a strange person or a foreigner. And I will feel, of course, safe. When I was in Syria I could go out and I would come home in the middle of the night.”