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Inspiration for ma | Akram’s Story
15 September 2011
Akram shares memories of his childhood curiosity that informed his creative process in the production of ma.
“Let me tell you a story…
When I was a child, my mother would take me to her homeland, and there in Algichore, a remote village, I would hang upside down of a huge tree in our courtyard.
I did this everyday and I believed that by doing this I would be able to clear my head from all the thoughts and questions I had kept inside of me – secrets that were growing heavier day by day – questions my mother didn’t have time to explain…”