‘These are unprecedented times’: students use art to express emotions felt during pandemic – The National

‘These are unprecedented times’: students use art to express emotions felt during pandemic – The National

I wanted the theme to be open to interpretation, so students can express what they were going through,' says art teacher Wafaa Mohamed



































Aarish Kulaye, Grade two, Raffles International School. Courtesy Wafaa Mohamed







Isobella van der Boom, grade 10, at Raffles World Academy. Courtesy Wafaa Mohamed







Agastya Vidyasagar, grade two, Dubai International Academy. Courtesy Wafaa Mohamed







Mark Abdel Malak, Grade 4, Raffles World Academy. Courtesy Wafaa Mohamed







Raima Kodnani, Grade 10, Dubai International Academy. Courtesy Wafaa Mohamed



















A self-portrait by Mark Abdel Malak shows the fourth-grader with his mouth agape, yelling "let me out“ in a spiked speech bubble. Half of his face is concealed behind a tie dye-like swirl of colours, each with a word that is indicative to the times.



"Stay home“ in red, "bored“ in yellow, "distancing“ in purple, and "virus“ written in the green and gray stream, complete with sketches of the Covid-19 molecule.



The work seems to reflect on the emotions that Abdel Malek, and other students, are facing during the Covid-19 pandemic.