Zariq Rosita-Hanif
Perempuan Macam Dia (The Women Like Her)
Zariq Rosita-Hanif is an autodidact artist-illustrator, a novice player of the Sampe’ (a Bornean boat lute) and an aspiring children’s author. Her art revolves around heritage and history, interweaving Malaysian and British cultural narratives and folklore with contemporary societal issues relating to forced migration and discrimination.
In her new body of work, 'Perempuan Macam Dia (The Women Like Her)', Zariq explores story-telling techniques through paper-cut puppetry and stop-motion animation to highlight the untold stories of transgender asylum seekers and refugees.
Perempuan Macam Dia (The Women Like Her)
Written in Malay and translated into English by Zariq Rosita-Hanif
Perempuan macam dia,
Serupa macam harimau,
Dikagumi tapi ditakuti.
Perempuan macam dia,
Serupa macam harimau,
Tiada ruang dan terbuang.
Perempuan macam dia,
Serupa macam harimau,
Lambang keberanian hanyalah suatu jenaka.
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The women like her,
Are like tigers,
Admired but feared.
The women like her,
Are like tigers,
No space and displaced.
The women like her,
Are like tigers,
A heraldry of bravery is simply an irony.
Artist: Zariq Rosita-Hanif
Digital Curator: Dominic Smith
'Perempuan Macam Dia (The Women Like Her)' was produced as part of Artists Connecting in Transition (ACT). ACT is an international collaboration programme hosted by D6: Culture in Transit (UK), Arthereistanbul (Turkey), MedeArts (Jordan) and the Fanak Fund (who work across the Arab speaking world).
