I Was Naver is an experimental short film that reflects on the layered political and emotional terrain of Lebanon through a personal lens. The film traces the arc between two pivotal moments: the liberation of South Lebanon in 2000, seen through the eyes of my mother, and the 2019 uprising, which I documented firsthand with my camera. Between these events lies a landscape of permanent failures—yet within them, elusive victories continue to surface.

The work interrogates how we perceive and process these shifting realities, especially when mediated through images that are themselves distorted, manipulated, or incomplete. It invites viewers into a fragmented visual narrative where memory, personal history, and national trauma collide.

The film was screened at Museum Night at Kunsthal Ghent as part of a program curated by Firas El Hallak in collaboration with United Screens for Palestine. Shown alongside the work of other artists and filmmakers challenging dominant narratives, I Was Naver contributed to an evening of intimate, political, and transformative encounters.