Hosne Ara; [Author]

Shwettaj Jahan Tithi; [Facilitator]

Me in the mirror (embroidery)

Fultola (embroidery)

Embroidery (EMB)

Decorative

Growing up in Arakan, Hosne Ara used to love spending time in front of the mirror and putting on makeup. She recalls her childhood memeories as she views her reflection in the mirror. She once had a large mirror in her home, but has none in her shelter in camp.

The art facilitator faced difficulty at first to make the women understand how to embroider this project, but they quickly created it once they understood. Single women often spend more time looking in the mirror and talking to themselves compared with married women, who are too occupied with work and children to find any time for themselves. The ones who do, feel upset that mirrors in the camp are much smaller than the ones in Myanmar. Most of these women avoid mirrors when they are upset or lose weight, but all are grateful for the invention of mirrors because, without them, they would be unable to see their reflection.