Yara engages in artistic pursuits such as painting and writing to process her memories and feelings.
She creates a work area in the sunroom by moving Fadi's boxes and starts her daily art routine after dropping her daughters off at school.
Her paintings feature intense colors and she often loses herself in the process.
Yara is fixated on a painting of eyes that remind her of her mother's, contemplating her future resemblance.
The painting both disturbs her and captivates her, leading her to reflect on her family's tumultuous history.
In her writing, Yara expresses the trauma that has passed down through generations in her family.
She regrets her harsh judgment of her mother in the past and longs to understand and empathize with her struggles.
Yara uses writing as a means to reconcile with her mother's pain and to record the hardships her mother endured.
Returning to painting, Yara is inspired by memories of her grandmother (Teta) recounting stories of the Palestinian exodus (nakba).
The imagery in Teta's stories, like the displacement of families and the phrase by Edward Said — "All the earth is a hotel, and my home is Jerusalem" — influence Yara's painting.
Blue colors dominate her current art as she integrates the essence of these historical and familial narratives.