Art & Building Women's Resilience in Jordan

This project explores how women in Amman, Jordan utilize art as a tool for agency-building and resilience. During a month-long internship at the Jordan River Foundation, a non-profit, community-based organization, I helped conduct art therapy classes. These courses were offered to vulnerable women from the community to promote healing through creative expression. Working alongside these women exposed me to the various ways art can impact their lives. Some found that art therapy helped build communication skills, therefore improving relationships with their families, while others developed a deeper understanding of themselves. Listening to their powerful stories of strength and the ways in which art can be used to solve problems in their lives inspired me to create this project. The goal of this gallery is to serve as a platform to share these women's stories in their own words. Each profile includes artwork, a description of the activity, and a translated interview or summary.