In this video, which premiered on the AGO’s Facebook page on November 19th, 2021, Hanan Hazime explores the intersectionality of race, gender, and culture with neurodiversity through artistic expression. 

In Red, a multimedia series of self portraits, invites viewers to look at cultural binaries from a different perspective. Poems from Aorta, a chapbook published by Zed press, explore the multifaceted nature of the heart and all it contains. Throughout this colourful visual showcase, Hanan presents a snapshot of her visual and literary artwork in hope of carving out much needed space for the representation of diverse voices such as hers in the Canadian arts world. 

Because Sometimes Poetry Isn’t Beautiful was part of  Harbourfront Centre‘s “Pandemic Postcards”, curated by Alex Bulmer in 2020.

Consisting of twenty-one digital postcards from artists from around the world, including Canadian and expat Deaf performing artists, along with those in the disabled community. The cards relay the gravity and creativity that self-isolation can bring – sometimes quirky, sometimes heart-wrenching, often unexpected, yet always genuine.

This video was created by Hanan Hazime in the digital storytelling workshop for the research project titled “Layering Identities: Challenging dominant narratives of women and fashion.” This is a PhD research study conducted by Romana B. Mirza under the supervision of Dr. Ben Barry. The research project was reviewed by Toronto Metropolitan University’s Research Ethics Board, file #2021-292. This research project is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Additional support is provided by the Centre for Fashion and Systemic Change and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Communication & Culture Graduate Studies program.

 This video was created by Hanan Hazime as a participant in the Digital Storytelling Workshop facilitated by fashion scholar Romana B. Mirza as part of the completion of her Master’s Research Project in the MA Fashion program in the School of Fashion, Faculty of Communication and Design, Ryerson University. January 2019.

The Centre for Communication and Poetry Research (curated by Annie Wong as part of Art of the Danforth 2016), explored the quietude of private thoughts that float above the loudness of the streets. In addition to the standard pop-up research centre,  Annie collaborated with six local residents, Ronna Bloom, Mayra Vargas, Shae Stamp, Hanan Hazime, Alina Tigountsova, and Sean Barrett to produce a series of poems that reflected everyday thoughts. The poems could be heard through listening stations installed in various businesses along the neighbourhood (see locations here). Acting as an omnipresent ear and intervening mouth (like the telephone), the listening stations and poems amplified the inaudible stratum of internal sound within the larger sonic environment of the Danforth.