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I left
Because I understood at too young of an age that I should be ashamed of my body.
Because it was painfully clear that my brothers were of greater value than my sisters and I.
Because I was taught that when I menstruated I was impure.
Because I was to be responsible to a man my entire life.
Because the family’s reputation was more important than my well-being or happiness.
Because I disagreed with all of this.
Because my sister was forced to marry a man who would turn out to be a violent and abusive husband
and when she confided to our parents of his abuse, they told her to go back and try again
because a man is permitted to beat his wife.
Because I was to have no choice in the person I would marry.
Because nothing was worth sacrificing the freedom I wanted and knew I deserved.
Because had I ever expressed what I truly felt, I would likely not be alive today.
Yasmine Diaz
Yasmine Nasser Diaz is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice navigates overlapping tensions around religion, gender, and third-culture identity. Her recent work includes immersive installation, fiber etching, and mixed media collage using personal archives and found imagery. Born and raised in Chicago to parents who immigrated from the highlands of southern Yemen, her mixed media work often reflects personal histories and the contrasting cultures she was raised within. Diaz has exhibited and performed at spaces including the Brava Theater in San Francisco, the Albuquerque Museum of Art, and the Torrance Art Museum. She is a recipient of the California Community Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship (2019) with works included in the collections of LACMA, UCLA, and the Arab American National Museum. She lives and works in Los Angeles.