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inspired by the erotic works of Sheikh Nefzaoui

Through these lines in which sperm and prayer are joined, I have attempted to break down the walls that separate the the celestial from the terrestrial, body from soul, the mystical from the erotic.

The Almond by Nedjma

a space devoted the sexual, mystical, & intimate history of the arab woman

nature, texture, iceland, moody, photography, otherworldly iceland, underground, underworld, otherwordly, woodland,
Fallen newspapers on a dark surface with some pages flipped open.
Floating pages of a newspaper or magazine against a black background.

You will eat because you will be hungry. And then you will feed the world, because you will not be able to resist the impulse to share the bounty.

—Wild Mercy, mirabi starr

A colorful Persian-style rug featuring a symmetrical pattern with floral motifs and intricate designs in red, beige, black, blue, and green hues.
A woman with short curly dark hair wearing a black shirt, looking at the camera with a serious expression.

Forugh Farrokhzad, Iranian poet & filmmaker

sand texture
A silhouette of a woman with long curly hair lying on her side.

erotic literature

An illustration of a scientific diagram showing the process of water erosion and rock formations with labeled arrows and annotations.

Look through the garden’s library & join a variety of courses & workshops offered throughout the year

A woman with long curly dark hair posing with one arm raised and hand on her head, wearing a gray denim jacket over a gray top, and blue shorts.
Close-up of the moon's surface showing craters and lunar features.
A large, rugged rock formation with reddish-brown hues, resembling a mountain peak, viewed against a black background.
A tall, rugged rock formation with reddish-brown hues set against a black background.
A tall, rugged mountain formation with reddish-brown cliffs against a dark background.
Bright orange and yellow flames rising against a black background.

community gatherings

A young woman with long dark hair posing with hands on her head, wearing a dark spaghetti strap top, beige shorts, and black sandals.
background texture of beach
A crumpled sheet of lined paper with handwritten text in black ink.

“I deliver this to you with the mud of this body & the river of this voice.

I tried to write the civil way — but the road was blocked with the crowd of veiled bodies on their way to guard the prisons they built, where little girls scream from behind their new breasts and smother their blood river with the foreign dam of shame..

my love, the pen has never been for us. it’s always belonged to the men returning from the cave with a new religion.

every word is a solitary cell holding a prisoner, even life— which lived free as a whisper and played in the ear of a boy for a moment … this boy who spilled himself into the mountains. Even life became prisoner in the earth bodies receiving the tidal tremble of her visit.

You know this, it’s man search we’ve saved, in ink. It’s the simple and delicate truths we lost to the unspeakable being spoken.

Tell me of the exiled women who survived the dictatorship of pen, who too made love to the mountains and returned with the same answers — who preserved the truth and for its sake, left it unwritten.”

confessional spaces

Wrinkled paper ball with handwritten notes and markings.
A large explosion with bright orange and yellow flames and billowing smoke.
A woman with dark hair wearing a gray jacket, holding a drink, and looking at the camera.
Close-up view of a vintage brass watering can pouring water

Ghada Samman, Syrian writer & author of the erotic

I saw in women a revolution and a means of liberation.

—Nizar Qabbani

A famous painting titled "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt depicting a couple in a passionate embrace, surrounded by intricate patterns and gold accents.

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‘the kiss’ by Gustav Klimt