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SHARING WATERS sauna meets hamam
curated by Ulla
Kastrup
 Entering their
small garden of liberty
Leaving behind great prisons
Taking off their veils
Becoming free like birds in the blue sky
Releasing their ideas, lighter, they fly higher
Washing off their concerns
Returning back
stronger to the prisons which were made for them.
The cells of the lockers are like the
cells in the brain. We store our valuables there,
like we store our thoughts. These cells are not
easily opened by anyone. But, it becomes much easier
in the serene atmosphere of the hamam. “As a woman,
I can say with certainty that when women meet, they
not only dance and relax but they also discuss
intimate issues especially the ones concerning the
opposite sex.” It is there that women find a refuge
with each other, free to use their voices, with
permission to be truly themselves in a place free
from the pressures of males.
As time passed by, women’s meetings
have changed places, but from my point of view their
heart to heart conversations have not changed a bit.
We have an
old Syrian Saying which describes a busy place with
too much noise… which says, “Oh! There are so many
voices in here; it sounds like the hamam in the
souk!”
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