Self-portrait, 2018. Photography. 12"x 12".

This self-portrait is a visual representation of my mixed racial background. I am an Iranian-American. I have always been confronted with the clashing ideology within my heritage, which inspired me to create this piece. I am wearing a hijab, which is required in Iran, where my family is from. I use the hijab to obscure half of my face, representing the divide I feel within my two cultures. I am neither one nor the other, and somehow still both.