BARAKAT

Hammer and sickle :

“Those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in the way of God—give them tidings of a painful punishment.”
(Qur’an 9:34)

“So that wealth does not remain circulating only among the rich among you.”
(Qur’an 59:7)

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This artwork brings together two worlds that rarely meet:
a symbol of modern politics and words from an ancient holy text.
It does not give an opinion or a message.
It simply plays with ideas, letting them overlap for a moment—purely out of curiosity and playfulness.

The Qur’anic verses speak about wealth:
not keeping it locked away,
not letting it circulate only among the rich,
but sharing it within the community of believers.

The hammer and sickle—historically the emblem of communism and Marxist ideals—also spoke about workers, fairness, and equality.

Bringing these together is not to claim they are the same,
but to ask questions:
“How do ideas of justice change over time?
How do human dreams and hopes return in different shapes?“

This is an invitation to look, to think,
and perhaps to smile—
at how our stories connect,
even when they come from very different places,
with different words and expressions.

Barakat