Hannan Abu-Hussein

[citation needed] Abu-Hussein's work is inspired by the oppression and exclusion of women in her community, whose experiences are a consequence of belonging to a religious and national minority.

Abu-Hussein's art examines the status of women within all patriarchal societies, considering issues such as sexual violence, traditional gender roles, family honor, and the meaning of home.

In her 2019 "Body Fragments" exhibition at the Haifa Museum of Art, for instance, the artist's installation consisted of used brassieres fixed in cast concrete.

Monuments that are painful, prickly, vulnerable and fragile, created from a struggle for independence, equality and for freedom”, writes Shirley Meshulam who curated Abu-Hussein's show “Deep Breath” at the Grand Art Gallery in Haifa.

In Aida Nasrallah's words, “video as a tool enables her to check cultural boundaries and surface issues that touch gender and multiple identities, scrutinizing different aspects of oppression – cultural, social, gender-oriented, status and political.”[9] Abu-Hussein's studio is located in The New Gallery Artist Studios at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem.