Siraj

Siraj means lamp in Arabic. In the Quran the sun itself is called a siraj, a lamp set in the sky. In this series on plexiglass, Lootah turns the surface into a night sky: galaxies and nebulae emerge from darkness, and on round panels gold forms recall calligraphic strokes, moons and horizons. Light is no longer only depicted; the material holds it, reflects it and returns it to the viewer. Siraj is also the title of her 2025–⁠26 exhibition at the Sharjah Calligraphy Museum.