Carry the Shadows Home

Carry the Shadows Home explores deep diasporic threads of memory, identity, and belonging. Gathering eleven artists, this publication examines what we carry through movement, memory, ritual, protest, and tenderness, in a collective search for home.

What emerges is not only the work itself but the relationships it nurtures — between artists, audiences, and communities. These practices show that identity is never singular, that joy can be an act of resistance, and that community is built piece by piece: one table, one meeting, one invitation at a time.

The stories gathered here insist that we are more than the narratives imposed upon us. They remind us that home is not just where we come from, but also where we choose to stand together — specific, plural, unafraid.

Featuring work by: Amak Mahmoodian, Anusheh Zia, Aya Haidar, Haroun Hayward, Kalpesh Lathigra, Mohammad Tariq, Mohammed Adel, Rehan Jamil, Sarah Ali, Sofia Karim, Zaineb Abelque.

Foreword by Aisha Zia
Designed by Jeffrey Choy and Omar Zia
Edited by Sherif Dhaimish

Published in 2025 by 62 Gladstone Street & Pendle Press
148mm x 210mm (portrait), 72pp, softback

Exhibition
This publication accompanies Bridging Landscapes II, an exhibition at Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery in 2025 as part of Platforma Festival with Counterpoints Arts, curated by Aisha Zia and supported by Arts Council England.