How To Shape My Identity

In my visual, I included a variety of text, images, symbols and photos which are presented in a way that represents the factors and items that shape my identity in a globalized world. At the top of my representation, I have three maps and flags contrasted together and organized in a specific order. On the far left side, there is a map/ flag of Iraq, and the mosque of Samarra, which is an Iraqi national symbol. I am originally Iraqi, but I have only been there once when I was three years old. Although so, most of my cultural and traditional background is Iraqi. My cultural background is also reflected in the dialect of Arabic I speak. Next to that right in the middle, I have a map/ flag of the United Arab Emirates. I was born in Dubai, and …show more content…
Under the picture of the piano, I have a picture of a phrase in Arabic which says Arabic. Arabic is a very important part of who I am because it is my mother language and I speak it a lot of the time. There is also a picture of tabuli, a traditional dish, that has now become very well known all around the world. I also wanted to be more in depth, so included a picture of parsley, and tomatoes, which are two of the main ingredients of it. Then I have a logo of Jeem Tv because it is a very important part of who I am. Right beside it I have an icon of a microscope which says that I like biology, and I have a picture of the book cover of the One which is my favorite book. Lastly I have a cartoon sketch of of a person drawing and thinking about disney’s mickey mouse. I put that sketch because I like both drawing and Disney.I wanted to also include some text around my artifact, so there is a variety of media involved. So I have a text in front of my maps, to say that the name of the country’s map, and I have another text that says music because music is very important to me. The last text that I have says that I speak arabic, because i included a photo of text in arabic, and I wanted to make it