Faces & Voices: People, Artefacts, Ancient History
Delta Pigeon
Delta Pigeon, Fathi Hassan, mixed media on paper, 2011 (Courtesy of Rose Issa Projects, London)
“The Delta Pigeon is a bird of paradise because the Nile delta is Egypt’s paradise. My grandmother used to tell a story where a man went to paradise and birds were keeping him company.” Fathi Hassan