Khāneh be doosh /خانه به دوش

Solo Exhibition 2026 Oakland, California Photos by Zabrina Deng Khāneh be doosh is a Persian expression that resists direct translation. Literally “one who carries one’s home on one’s back,” it evokes not simply displacement, but the emotional condition of carrying home as both burden and longing. Conceived in a delicate dance to Somaieh Amini’s painting from the Ruptured Belonging series, first shown at ARTogether’s inaugural center exhibition in 2022, this installation holds the love, the life, the blood, and the bodies of those left behind, become a two-dimensional memories trapped in frames for the Khāneh be dooshs.