Sarah Farahat is a transdisciplinary Egyptian American cultural worker, abolitionist, and educator dreaming of a more collective future amongst the rubble of capitalist empires. For the past twelve years she has organized her life around questions of identity, assimilation, grief, socio-political struggle, collective liberation and self-determination. She loves learning through stories, plants, music, food traditions and healing arts. Sarah is currently living in the traditional and unceeded lands of the Multnomah, Clackamas, Kathlamet, Tualatin Kalapuya, Cowlitz, Chinook, Molalla and many other bands and tribes that call "Portland" home.
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This is a long overdue post about my recent mural for @blackfuturesfarm. Many thanks to Nia and crew for paying @spiritscapesss, @happynappystudio and me to make our art. It is…
I just completed a mural as for the Center for the Study and Preservation of Palestine in Portland entitled “Al-Awda” or “The Return.” This is the first artifact produced by the…
A backporch interview by Justseeds artist Sarah Farahat and friends. We use Zelda Edmunds’s digital creative platform “Ancestors of Palestinian Liberation” as an opportunity to talk about the important contributions of Naji Al Ali, Rim Banna, Mahmoud Darwish, Ghassan Kanafani, Razan Al Najjar, Edward W. Said and Fadwa Tuqan on Palestinians today.
In 2016, I joined water protectors on Standing Rock Lakota Sioux land to stop the “black snake” of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Many memorable moments stand out to me during my…