Issue 120: The Traces Left

Our cover features Glimpses of Now (2015–), Mohammad Alfaraj’s ongoing video project drawn from years of mobile phone and camera footage captured across Saudi Arabia. Composed of fleeting, everyday scenes that are both intimate and monumental, the work mirrors a nation in conversation with itself, tracing the quiet pulse of change through personal memory and collective experience. In capturing subtle impressions of daily life, Alfaraj echoes the broader dialogue between human experience and the landscapes we inhabit.

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