Gugulethu Sibonelelo Mthembu explores the prejudice and fear that have conditioned and restricted the representation of women in the Arab world, especially in Morocco, since the time of colonialism. In her The Port of Sihr, she reconfigures an architectural element that is typical of the Arab world, the mashrabiya or grilled window, as a device to critique several Islamic and Arabic social codes, reinforcing the potential of the female image inside buildings.
