Maktoob It is written

Reinterpreting Israel and Palestine through Hebrew and Arabic letterforms

Maktoob (Arabic for Written) is a study of the Arabic and Hebrew alphabets as a written word system. The Alphabets are used metaphorically to mirror the ever-changing mechanisms of the Israeli occupation that shapes both the occupier and the occupied. The grid used to create each letter is inspired by the building structures of Homa Umigdal – the wall and tower, which functioned as structure of invasion in 1949, occupying as much of the Palestinian land as possible. The most important characteristics of the Homa Umigdal structures are mobility, rapid construction, and the dismantling of each unit, which allow for multiplicity as well as the continuous shifting of land confiscation (Rotbard, 47). 

The project is an attempt to illustrate each alphabet system in a grid that is duplicated and displaced. As a result, the new displaced grid shifts the letterform structure, creating a fractured and fragmented typeface. The grid was examined in two stages: creating both the Arabic and Hebrew alphabets using simple units, then duplicating and displacing one of the alphabet grids atop of the original one, thereby rendering a new labile skeleton. 

The typefaces were then used in the Shifting Grounds piece.