The U.A.E. turns 53!

In this newly commissioned illustration, Emirati artist Sarah Ahmed captures the spirit of National Day, reminding us all to experience and cherish moments around us.

“Every year, without fail, it's the one day I look forward to—when the streets hum with joy, fireworks explode like stars across the sky, and the very air sparkles with the colours of the nation.”

Happy National Day!

اللحظات توثق الفنانة الإماراتية سارة أحمد التي تترقب فيها الثاني من ديسمبر في كل عام.

‎”هو أحد الأيام التي اتطلع لها كل عام. اتشوق للاحتفالات في مقر عملي، والإبداعات في زينة السيارات والأعلام على أسطح البيوت والإنارات في شوارع الحارة.

‎أتطلع لتجمعات المدينة في الكورنيش ولعروض الألعاب النارية.

كل عام وإماراتنا الحبيبة بخي

ARTIST BIO

Sarah Ahmed is a Networking & Security graduate, and a creative based in Abu Dhabi. She is the founder of Jaffat El Aqlam, co-founder of 7ijra Waraqa Miqas and AlReesha Studio Resident.

You can find her urging every single person she ever meets to make zines, which she eventually heart-warmly adds to her collection. When she's not stressing out about meeting self-made deadlines, she experiments with different mediums of art, film photography, glitch art, sends postcards to strangers and publishes zines. Sarah enjoys storytelling and writing what she shamelessly started called “children lit for grown-ups.”

Sarah’s work has been featured in Jaffat El Aqlam, Kayfa Ta, Mizna, Daftar Asfar, Focal Point, Brownbook, Banat Collective, Corniche publication, Al Tashkeel magazine and Souq Bawa. She has conducted workshops in Sharjah Art Foundation, Dubai Design Week, Cultural Foundation, Miza, 421, Safha, Diriyah Biennale and impromptu workshops with strangers whenever she felt like it.