“Nur Al Qulub”

Single channel video installation / 7 min

2022

“Curb your self, for it is inquisitive, and polish it,
for it quickly becomes rusty” الحسن البصري

Nur Al Qulub is an exploration of the spiritual dimension of shadow and light.

Drawing from my experiences as the end-of-life support person for many near and dear people in my life, this project seeks to ask questions about spiritual truth, transitions, and the unknown.

Dwelling on the threshold of spaces of darkness leading to the light, shadow work and discomfort, and the material and the spiritual, Nur Al Qulub references my deepest realizations around the meaning of life - and death.

Shot between the UK, Montreal, and Jordan, this short experimental film is Sawsan Alsaraf’s most recent body of work.