https://www.jaffarsalih.com/home daily 1.0 2025-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/08683603-944b-4f8a-bff6-0315a5f3b5a6/JS+pro+photo+art.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/1657754624866-2NR9NP0YL4EX058JVX89/Cover.png https://www.jaffarsalih.com/art daily 0.75 2025-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/351be5e0-eeae-4227-9027-6f9fff02c1b1/Dune+Cover+01.png Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/64dac13b-019f-44ae-9638-0f24a014e9c1/Dune+Cover+02.png Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/e939b7bd-5543-46c8-99f5-cf47a5d09fcb/Palestinian.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/2ebcf9c8-bdae-46f6-ad9e-58ce11a11268/orders1440.png Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/c61fc63b-57d8-4c9f-b2d8-94c34b7d2188/DUX.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/aadf211c-5664-4585-b16c-bf118b50941c/20221102_104958.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/0887e26f-1526-4307-81dc-de0b24e3d534/SliceOfLife_1080.png Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/43cd27c8-e4d6-4bcf-882b-004f18b9d4a9/Kepler+22-b.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/d38471ee-068a-4373-a31b-096b641cbd3b/Olive+tree.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/7efe31aa-7b0a-4c79-b233-4387169a6f82/weaksmaller.png Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/3a41c212-c398-4f6c-a61b-a38ca0b1aaa2/Arabic+2_1000.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/8c78d769-fd02-40b4-be45-8bd651e442d9/English+2_1000.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/792b058e-8254-4877-8c0d-67dd411e8b3f/20231022_005558.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/2fe95949-8842-4b01-aa8f-f5ad5dc43718/Inktober2022_06.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/9016999d-7e5f-4feb-be1a-e02411f73e25/Muadib.png Art https://www.jaffarsalih.com/roots daily 0.75 2025-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/408c9665-1b10-4aa3-b82e-9ae5cced1159/Skullportrait.png Roots Skull portrait - Digitally painted - Skulls are recurring elements in my art. They symbolize mortality (Memento mori) and the value of life. It allows me to represent humanity in a way that ignores race and ethnicity. It can be a way to honor the dead and perhaps celebrate life. In this illustration I wanted to do a self-portrait without focusing on my face and instead focus on how I felt people see me for the past two years, wearing a Keffiyeh everyday. Most interactions are pleasant and supportive but I do feel eyes looking up more often and its difficult to not feel self-conscious about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/f90b7be3-817f-4fa3-9bb9-b60959e8c336/Iraq.jpeg Roots Defiance - Ink & markers - Inspired by the mass protests in Iraq in 2019, I felt the need to express some kind of support. I remembered a photo of a childhood friend waving the flag at a football game which I used as reference for the pose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/058a24ea-d393-4e49-badf-d22933bcdfea/lebanon.png Roots Cedar & Watermelon - Digitally painted - The Lebanese and Palestinian struggles are very much connected and the visual interplay between the cedar tree and the watermelon slice really intrigued me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/f6f32adb-ee28-41aa-8da6-c7815793aff5/Enamel.jpg Roots Enamel - Ink - Inspired by Iraqi enamelled silver and the traditional river scenes they depict. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/33b1ee17-a685-4d29-89b7-f49b0fa08798/Citadel.jpg Roots Citadel - Ink - The ruins of a Roman temple in the Amman Citadel in Jordan. A hill in Amman that, because of the strategic location, has several archaeological sites from the different civilizations and cultures that inhabited the region through time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/653c38ba-eb87-4296-9bd2-00de2b2760da/Caravan.jpg Roots Caravan - Ink - I usually steer clear of stereotypes, but a camel caravan every once in a while is still fun to draw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/30b03c65-e4d4-4e10-bdba-107eea8f0a5b/Keffiyeh.jpg Roots Keffiyeh - Ink - Seeing a lot of products and stickers with the keffiyeh patterns on them I felt like something was always missing. I tried to create my own digitally at first, but drawing it by hand finally felt right. Even a perfectly woven keffiyeh will over time show signs of wear with loose threads pulled and frayed. The inconsistencies and imperfections in a hand drawn pattern felt to me like the closest to authenticity I can get. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/8040a1c3-b534-4763-b1fb-05fe654dd172/Poncho.jpg Roots Poncho - Ink & Markers - An experiment with a different expression of the keffiyeh pattern. I’ve always liked cloaks and hoods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/ccd061e7-94ed-4cc9-a8ca-b772fabe3128/palestine+skull.jpg Roots Genocide - Ink & Markers - By late October 2023 it was clear things were going to get much worse. This was Genocide clear as day and livestreamed in 4k. How do I even express this? I don’t want the skull to symbolize some kind of surrender to the idea that we should just watch as this happens. So I tried to capture Palestinian embroidery in folk dress as best as I could to celebrate Palestinian culture and life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/626d7c3f-50fe-45cd-b5ab-4b0857674ba4/Stand.jpg Roots Stand - Ink & markers - Wrapping yourself figuratively and literally in your culture can be protective and a way to cope and heal while simultaneously exposing you a little to others. Solidarity contains both the safety in standing together and the risk in taking a stand. Boots might help! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/9775d31b-0dc9-4653-bdaa-683ecca6727d/Camera.jpg Roots Camera - Ink & Markers - When press are targets and cameras are considered weapons, bearing witness is the least we could do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/782b03bb-8fa4-4d03-a7a6-a2fae0fdf307/Sunbird.jpg Roots Sunbird - Ink & Markers - I wanted to draw a sunbird, and while looking into reference photos and reading about the bird, I learned about the Palestine Sunbird and went for it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c81b0b083b157210b8d117/b1cb409c-bff7-4c7d-9c97-b07f5d3f2a80/Burning.jpg Roots Fire - Ink - A burning tent. An IV drip. An outstretched hand. 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