About Saba Jallas
Born 1950. Saba Jallas is a Yemeni artist.
Education Jallas graduated with a degree in French Literature from Sanaa University in 2007.
Life and work Inspired by the work of Palestinian artists Tawfik Gebreel, Bushra Shanan and Belal Khaled, Jallas manipulates photographs of smoke taken on her phone of airstrikes and bombs in Yemeni cities to create images of hope. Her work centres images of women, often embracing children or looking happy. As Jallas explains, "Maybe because I see women as a symbol of compassion".
In 2010, Jallas' brother, an officer in the Yemeni army, was killed in conflict.
Egypt's Opera House held a solo exhibit, "Awtar," of Jallas's work in 2021.
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