He loves you a lot, my mom says to me
Handmade paper laminating photos
12 x 9 inches, 2024
In this intimate series, Hussain explores the delicate boundaries between public expression and private devotion in Muslim American domestic life. Drawing from personal correspondence with her spouse, she creates compositions where text becomes pattern and pattern becomes revelation. The works deliberately operate in liminal spaces—between legibility and abstraction, disclosure and concealment—echoing the subtle ways love is expressed in Pakistani households. Through layered transparencies and infinite patterns, these prints transform deeply personal artifacts into universal meditations on sacred love, while maintaining the cultural specificity.