Hoda Tawakol is a mixed-race, Egyptian-British-French-German artist who began her artistic career formally at the age of 38. Was it motherhood that held her back, or caring for her anxious mother? Dr Omar Kholeif's essay merges poetry, critical biography, interview, and personal encounter to narrate the duo's collaboration around the artist's first major film work-a three channel film installation in which Kholeif served as a co-conspirator, interlocutor, and support structure.

Inspired by the three most important (and tragically difficult) women in her life, Hoda Tawakol weaves a personal narrative of life and loss that pierce in and out of the cinematic, via textiles, paper and designed 3-dimensional sculptural skins.

This book, the artist's first monograph, was co-edited by the artist, with state funds and features the expansive breadth of works and is anchored by the essay in English and in German, 'Would it be okay if we told a story? Hoda Tawakol and Me' by Dr Omar Kholeif, which reveals details about Tawakol's life journeys and their relationship with her creative practice.