• Prison Poem, Turmoil

    If you reach out to caress a head here, a hundred stars shine in the eyes; if you utter a single word of love here, it is like water quenching furious fires.

    —Mahvash Sabet

  • Prison Poem, The Great Outdoors

    In fact, it is quite enough for me

    just to look forward to that immensity

    – of air –

    even if I never reach it, never get there.

    —Mahvash Sabet

  • Prison Poem, Remember Me

    Whenever you’re feeling captive, like a bird,
    whenever you’re cornered, like a weary stranger,
    whenever you’re lost, and see no way ahead,
    thinking of home with joy but with no way there –
    remember me.
    —Mahvash Sabet

Audineh Asaf

Audineh Asaf is an interdisciplinary artist of Iranian-American heritage based in Seattle. Working across disciplines and media, she explores the intersections of art and activism, using creative practices to bring awareness to critical social issues and promote cross-cultural understanding.