O Wind Take Me To My Country

Limited edition of 100 signed Letterpress prints featuring a portrait of poet, Safia Elhillo featuring lines from her poem:

"fact: the arabic word هواء (hawa) means wind
the arabic word هوى (hawa) means love...

fairouz said: o wind, take me to my country
or
fairouz said: o love, take me to my country"

– Safia Elhillo, "Vocabulary"

25% of proceeds will go to benefit the Loveland Foundation Therapy Fund for Black Women and Girls: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/team_fundraiser/NzU4MzM=/6860

Each print has a beautiful texture and comes with a free postcard that has Safia Elhillo's full poem "Vocabulary" and a photo of the mural which this print is based on. The mural was part of O Positive Festival 2016 in Kingston, NY.

Printed by letterpress by Laughing Owl Press on 110lb 100% Cotton Lettra Paper

UPDATE: the arabic text was misprinted on the print, due to a font formatting error, and they have now been fixed by hand by Egyptian poet, Marwa Helal.