are you sitting comfortably, 2025

Fifty miniature chairs form the installation: forty-nine represent the majority-Muslim states around the world. One distinct chair symbolizes the only Jewish-majority state - a nation that is also home to Muslims, Christians, Druze and others.

  • Maldives 100% 

  • Saudia Arabia 99.9% 

  • Kingdom of Bahrain 99.7% 

  • Western Sahara 99.6% 

  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 99%

  • Algeria 99% 

  • Iran 99% 

  • Islamic Republic of Mauritania 99%

  • Morocco 99%

  • Federal Republic of Somalia 99%

  • Turkey 99%

  • Yemen 99%       

  • Tunisia 98.2%

  • Comoros 985

  • Republic of the Niger 98%

  • Azerbaijan 97.3

  • Senegal 97%

  • Libya 97%

  • Iraq 97%              

  • Islamic Republic of Pakistan 96.4%

  • Jordan 96%                                             

  • Turkmenistan 95%

  • The Gambia 96.4%

  • Oman 95.9%

  • Republic of Mali 95%

  • Djibouti 94%

  • Republic of Kosovo 93.49%

  • Bangladesh 91.04%

  • Republic of Sudan 91%

  • Egypt 90%        

  • Kyrgyzstan 90%

  • Syria 90%  

  • Republic of Tajikistan 90%

  • Guinea 89%

  • Republic of Indonesia 87.06%

  • Brunei 82.1%

  • Uzbekistan 80.2%       

  • Republic of Sierra Leone 78.5%

  • United Arab Emirates 76.9%

  • Kuwait 74.6%

  • Republic of Kazakhstan 69.3%

  • Lebanon 69.3%  

  • Qatar 65.5%

  • Burkino Faso 63.8%

  • Malaysia 63.5%

  • Albania 57%

  • Chad 52%

  • Federal Republic of Nigeria 52%

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.3%

  • Israel 18.1%

    1.3% of Jews globally reside in Muslim-majority countries

Measurement: 80cm x 35cm x 10cm

Process: Hand stitch

Materials: Cotton, silk threads, 50 miniature chairs

comments

  • Stunning! So delicate

  • Fantastic conceptualisation

  • Powerful work, so beautifully executed

  • Time for people to get uncomfortable in their ignorance

  • Great concept

  • Powerful!