In My Heart I Know You is a series of snapshots inside the mind of someone living through the fall of al-Andalus—a fragmented, intimate journey through memory, loss, and survival.

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Originally conceived as an exploration of al-Andalus through the recipes and aromas of Córdoba, the project shifted during my residency at Casa Árabe and travels through Granada. The layered histories I encountered there led me to focus on emotions rather than archival reconstruction.

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To evoke this emotional landscape, I use two techniques: digital negatives, which invert the final image much like exile inverts reality, and hand-colored salt prints, where imperfections and chaotic coloring symbolize resistance, loss, and the turmoil of the final days of al-Andalus.

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Inspired by Radwa Ashour’s Granada Trilogy and historical accounts, the work captures deep sensory memories—orange blossoms, silenced language, lost flavors—woven into a mosaic of feelings that transcend time. It is a meditation on how history survives within us and how beauty can be found in the bittersweet act of remembering.