This project was originally created for This Is World Town, as part of the Post Your Map Artist Series. The original posting can be found here.

Nomadic is the word that best describes my geographical history - stints in Sudan, Oman, and the U.K. I’ve lived in Canada since 1999, the longest time I’ve cumulatively spent in one country. During this time, I’ve received mail at 12 addresses, taken thousands of photographs and written countless words. Posted Cards Online uses photographs I’ve taken and recombines them with fragments from my writings, highlighting key moments that shaped different aspects of my identity. Each image and its accompanying text are brought together with the use of metadata tags. This project also explores the non-linear nature of memory, and the revisionist, romanticist nature of reminiscence.

because for half an hour, life was beautiful
Tags accompanying this post: Toronto, half of a pair, scorpio, Sizzla, romance, ten





and I wished for you with all my heart
Tags accompanying this post: Khartoum, ghazal, grandparents, Sufism, homesickness, heredity




they were always from somewhere else, like me
Tags accompanying this post: Regina, outcast, masculinity, acceptance, parole




I hide behind the video camera
Tags accompanying this post: Regina, ragheads, dollmaker, Afghanistan invasion, rodeo




and moments still disappear without permission
Tags accompanying this post: Toronto, epidemic, natural, fusion, dilution, Arabic




maybe I imagined it
Tags accompanying this post: Montreal, culture clash, fire escape, escape, dismissal




you’re sitting on that old couch
Tags accompanying this post: Ottawa, Erykah Badu, foreign affairs, alienation, betrayal



betcha that wasn’t the only thing
Tags accompanying this post: Havana, debt, mixed race, frustration, infidelity, gossip




we wear the deaths on our necks
Tags accompanying this post: Khartoum, purge, market, obligation, faith, superficiality



although I had nothing to do with it
Tags accompanying this post: Regina, instability, discounts, amnesia, three hours, psych ward