2025 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War. As this milestone passes, Lebanon continues to grapple with its lasting consequences. In Where Do I Go?, Rania Matar collaborates with women to explore personal and collective histories shaped by displacement, memory, and belonging. Seeing her younger self in these women—she was 20 when she left Lebanon during the war—Matar approaches each portrait as a shared act of authorship. The images unfold through an organic process in which the subjects actively shape their surroundings, asserting presence, identity, and agency. Balancing intimacy with resilience, the work reflects on a country both beautiful and fractured. As Matar writes: “While my photographs may not provide solutions or closure, I hope they invite viewers to pause and find beauty, hope, shared humanity, and grace that still exist despite everything. They are my love letters to the women of Lebanon—those who stayed, and those who left but can never leave.”
Rania Matar: Where Do I Go? لوين روح
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