![]() Where the translation we’ve read says “consume” another translation says “eat”. In class we have argued the translation of the world “Akalt” into consume. ![]() Then I lifted my wounded arm to my mouth and began to consume myself The story specifically strikes you by it very closing line: With no spoilers here: the story speaks about a globalized arab world in which it is controlled by a force to consume. His kafkaesque style is very grabbling and mind blowing. We immediately fell in love with the story. In our “Globalization and Global culture” class we took a novel called “The Committee” by an Egyptian writer called Sun’Allah Ibrahim. I always knew subconsciously that I would do some kind of art project with it I just didn’t know what. You know how you find a pile of receipts gathered in your wallet or purse? Well, I just happened to reposition those into a drawer of mine until it became a habit. It is not that I had planned it, it just happened like this. For the past couple of years I’ve had developed this weird habit of collecting receipts.
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