About company:
Aiyah Sibay is a poet, filmmaker, and calligraphist based in Virginia. She has worked on different film and photography projects in various countries, including Scotland, Tunisia, Palestine, and Greece. She has worked as a writer and photographer for the UN and has self-published two photo essays: "Skins of Passage" and "Between Paychecks and Tips." Her most recent project, "An Alternative to Martyrdom," photographed in Palestine, Tunisia, and the US, was exhibited in Gallery Route One in Point Reyes, California and in Scotland through an online gallery.
She began filmmaking in 2020 and has since completed two short films. Her work explores the various possibilities of combining poetry, storytelling, and film and attempts to reconstruct and broaden the traditional rules and conventions of cinema.
The Last Letter
Aiyah Sibay
Hey, Mama
Aiyah Sibay
Open Jobs:
[MATAR] Female. Age 9-12. Of Persian or Arab descent. Lives within the strict confines of her father’s world on a run-down farm in rural Virginia. Quiet, observant, tender, especially with animals. Seeks a true, deep connection with God, an authentic spirituality that is sharply at odds with her father’s teachings. Loves drawing and music, but is stifled by her father and the labor required to maintain the farm. Meets Nahr, a traveling artist, and begins to contemplate running away. LEAD.
