Technique: Gouache, watercolour and handmade Persian ink
In this painting, Maryam depicts the challenges she faced after moving to the UK. Confronted with many difficulties, she felt she could find no way to escape her situation, so she decided not to see or hear as a coping mechanism. The shamseh represents God; here, she is saying that some difficulties come from God, and that a person sometimes needs to just be patient and wait them out.