The artwork is a result of a workshop guided by Khaled Barakeh in the framework of the project Design of Necessity.

Participants each took a self-portrait using their reflections in the shattered, recomposed mirrors on the satellite dishes, which were hung inside the church for the exhibition taking over the space for the summer of 2022. These portraits communicate the shattered images of selves and communities that Syrians carry after years of political repression, siege, starvation, forced disappearance, and forced displacement. The photographs also serve as a reminder that Western media rarely, if ever, represent Syrians as a complete image: either victims or threats, Syrians are not permitted to appear as full, complex human beings.