Dream State
In 2023, a severe health crisis nearly ended Kadhmia’s life. During her recovery, she drifted between consciousness and another state, where she mysteriously communicated with a friend who was also close to death. Despite being continents apart, they found each other in the Dream State and shared their journey to the brink of the afterlife—one continued to the afterlife, and the other returned to our world. As Kadhmia recovered, she continued to experience a blur between the living world and the Dream State, lamenting that she had not accompanied her friend in her journey. This publication collects fragments of her conversations with her daughter Maysaa about this true experience in a Dream State.
Special thanks to Kadhmia Almumin, the inspiration for this publication, and to Maysaa Almumin for generously sharing her mother’s stories.
Design by Nathan Ross Davis
Printing by Hagar Allam and Nathan Ross Davis
4 Colour Risograph: Yellow, Blue, FloPink and Green
280×375mm
16 pages
Printed on 145 GSM Ice Board
Saddle Stitched
Edition of 150 (1-50 Special Edition Holographic Foil)
Designed and produced in Qatar
Published by Water with Water 2024, with support from the ICR at VCUarts Qatar and Qatar Foundation.
Dream State
In 2023, a severe health crisis nearly ended Kadhmia’s life. During her recovery, she drifted between consciousness and another state, where she mysteriously communicated with a friend who was also close to death. Despite being continents apart, they found each other in the Dream State and shared their journey to the brink of the afterlife—one continued to the afterlife, and the other returned to our world. As Kadhmia recovered, she continued to experience a blur between the living world and the Dream State, lamenting that she had not accompanied her friend in her journey. This publication collects fragments of her conversations with her daughter Maysaa about this true experience in a Dream State.
Special thanks to Kadhmia Almumin, the inspiration for this publication, and to Maysaa Almumin for generously sharing her mother’s stories.
Design by Nathan Ross Davis
Printing by Hagar Allam and Nathan Ross Davis
4 Colour Risograph: Yellow, Blue, FloPink and Green
280×375mm
16 pages
Printed on 145 GSM Ice Board
Saddle Stitched
Edition of 150 (1-50 Special Edition Holographic Foil)
Designed and produced in Qatar
Published by Water with Water 2024, with support from the ICR at VCUarts Qatar and Qatar Foundation.