Umm al-Ṣibyān – The Witch

Umm al-Ṣibyān – The Witch is a deeply personal work, inseparable from the artist’s own life journey. This painting embodies a psychological and symbolic narrative of power, ambition, and inevitable moral consequence.
The central burning sphere symbolizes forbidden ambition, moral rupture, and the consuming fire of unrestrained will. The solitary female figure, viewed from behind with flowing hair merging into the lower space, conveys both witness and agent—an intimate reflection of the artist’s confrontation with unseen challenges in her life.
By embedding her personal story into this archetype, the artist elevates the work beyond mere visual representation into a living psychological myth, one that resonates universally with themes of ambition, consequence, and the human struggle with inner darkness.