Commissioned by the Nederlands Fotomuseum, visual artist Dalal Mitwally created two murals for Batavierenstraat in Rotterdam. Mitwally drew inspiration from two photographs from the Hall of Fame of Dutch PhotographyThis mural is called . Odessa Bride and is based on a photograph taken in 1994 by Bertien van Manen (1935-2024). It depicts a bride on a velvet bed in Ukraine, after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. In this mural, Mitwally explores what 'depicting' means. To what extent influences Did the photographer reveal the possible identity of the person portrayed? The Arabic text in the upper left corner says: Do not depict me. Do not speak about me. Do not write about me. The other mural is called Tuareg Women and is based on a photograph taken in 1958 by photographer Violette Cornelius (1919-1998). The photograph and the mural depict three Tuareg women in Mali. The Tuareg are a nomadic people who inhabit the Sahara, spread across the countries of Algeria, Mali, Morocco, and Libya. The unveiling of the murals took place on October 31, 2024. Both works were realized as part of the project. Museum Murals, an initiative of the Mauritshuis made possible by the VriendenLoterij. The Mauritshuis approached the Nederlands Fotomuseum, which entered into a partnership with housing corporation Woonstad Rotterdam and Cretopia Rotterdam. Twenty museums throughout the Netherlands participated in Museum Murals.
