Dusk over the Mafraj

Inspired by the Mafrāj (مفراج) - the rooftop room of Yemeni houses where families gather at day’s end - this painting lingers in the hush between sunlight and night. A richly patterned red carpet spreads across the floor, layered with others like memories woven into comfort. Slender columns frame the view outward, where cypress trees and gardens breathe beneath a sky washed in rose.

Birds drift toward the trees, and the air hums with the faint music of a Oud, an Arabian lute. in this quiet elevation above the world, Dusk over the Mafraj becomes a meditation on warmth, belonging, and the beauty of shared silence as the day folds gently into the evening.