Fragments from Strange Lands

Like shards of broken mirrors, collected over time and from faraway places, the words and images of Yamam Nabeel reflect the fragmented self of a life in exile.

Photography is something Yamam started experimenting with as a child. His family were forced to flee in Iraq in 1980, moving around Eastern Europe, France, and Syria, before settling in Hungary where he spent his formative years, before the family relocated once again to the UK in 1992.

This book is the product of a life’s worth of reflection on the idea of home and on the reality of exile. Through his words and his images, the stories shared, and the journeys travelled, a deeply personal project is manifest.

The book contains 60 images shot entirely on 35mm analogue b/w film, taken in the UK, Egypt, Italy, France, Spain, the UAE, Germany and Hungary between 2019 and 2023 with 40 original poems/stories by Yamam Nabeel.

“Like a daydream that seems real enough to believe, I have gathered these pieces of strangers in order to make sense of the world.”

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