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Yomna Mohamed is an artist, graphic designer and photographer from Alexandria, Egypt, currently based in New York City. She is an upcoming graduate of Parsons School of Design and previously served as a creative resident at Roc Nation.

Her practice centers on explorations of language, multimedia design, photography, and typography. She is particularly passionate about identity and multilingual typography - a focus that runs through her creative collective, MENA-CC, a platform for Middle Eastern and North African creatives.

Currently, Yomna is developing her experimental publishing project, Gust For You, as well as documenting the Arab American diaspora in New York through an ongoing photo series embracing performance, and often over-the-top aesthetics common in immigrant households.

She is also a Freelance Graphic Designer for 2048 Studios/Saint Levant LLC

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Ghorba

Ghorba -
Strangers in The West“Ghorba” is an Arabic word that loosely translates to estrangement or exile. It often refers to the feeling of leaving behind collective life—family, homeland, community—in pursuit of individual aspirations.

With a focus on Arab and North African immigration to New York, GHORBA is a publication that brings together visual archives and personal narratives from the diaspora. It explores how these communities rebuild, reimagine, and assert their identities in a new place. Through interviews and imagery, the project becomes a visual and oral documentation of diaspora artists, shopkeepers, restaurant owners, and more—highlighting the intersections of culture, religion, memory, and selfhood.

All photographs are taken by Arab and North African–identified artists, including myself, with select archival contributions from the New York Public Library’s image archive.

A mix of photography and interviews that seeks to document the spirit of living, making, and belonging in diaspora.

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