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When Adornment Becomes Sanctuary

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Samar Younes | SAMARITUAL
May 18, 2025
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This week's fragments explore how bodies create protective architectures for themselves when conventional sanctuary becomes impossible. From pearl-adorned ties to Levantine foraging, from Yemeni shepherds to underground Japanese libraries…these images map a lineage of shelter-as-resistance, where adornment transitions from aesthetic choice to survival technology.

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