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          March 19 – 30, 2025

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              Truth Bears No Scandal

              Truth Bears No Scandal

              Norway / Video Installation / 2024 / European Premiere / 12 min

              With my installation, I explore three well-known Sudanese songs with hidden backstories—songs written by males for their male lovers, and females for their female lovers. These stories, often concealed to obscure the queer side of our culture, are presented here as I believe they should be, direct and unapologetically queer.

              With close to no written documentation on our musical heritage, let alone its queer part, my research relied on oral testimonies from Sudanese sources in Cairo and online. I identified 19 songs rumored to embody queer love from which I selected three representatives of different genres. Songs of this kind are known for their lyrical richness, religious references, profound metaphors when expressing love and yearning, and openness to multiple interpretations.