A key theme in this series is identity and femininity, the palm tree stands as a nostalgic and significant memory for the artist, being of Egyptian heritage she associates the tree with the Nile and the romanticized past glory of Cairo’s urban prosperity in the 1950s and 60s. While growing up in Europe she spent time in Frankfurt and Paris’s botanic garden having seen the palm tree a reminiscent of Egypt in Europe she felt the tree signified a connection with memory and identity. 
 The toy palm trees are a median experimentation with the use of fabric as a technique creating sculptures and canvases alike. The intricately made palm trees have a grid and striped pattern including loose hanging dates loose from in between the spiked leaves manifesting as an alluring manner towards translating natural elements not only within abstract terms but as a fabric sculpture.