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by Siddiqa Juma
The Craft
Indeed, Allah is with the patient. Surah Al-Baqarah 2:153
I worked in concentric circles, loading the brush and sweeping it around the canvas in long, continuous arcs. The paint builds up in layers, each pass adding depth and texture, the colours shifting between teal, turquoise, silver, grey, olive, and rust as the eye travels inward toward the centre. The Kaabah is painted last. Small. Black. A single cube sitting still at the heart of everything. The brushstrokes are raised and directional. When the light catches the surface at an angle, the circular movement of the paint becomes almost three-dimensional.
The Motion
Every stroke was made with a rotating arm, sweeping around the same fixed centre. I worked from the outside in, building the rings layer by layer. The movement in the paint is real. You can feel the direction of every mark.
The Colour
Up close the rings are not one colour. Teal, grey, white, olive, rust, deep blue — each pass of the brush added something different. From a distance they read as one continuous spiral. Up close they are a record of every single stroke.
The Kaaba
The Kaaba sits at the exact centre, small and still, painted in pure black. Everything in the painting orbits it. I added it last, after all the movement was already in place. It needed to feel like the eye of a storm — absolute stillness inside all that motion.
The Story
"The closer I got, the stronger the pull became."
I kept thinking about Tawaaf, about what it actually felt like to walk around the Kaabah. I felt that pull as I moved, the way my body was drawn into the orbit of it. I was not walking in a straight line. I was circling something, and the closer I got, the stronger the pull became. I placed the Kaabah low on the canvas deliberately, to show that we are pulled down into it like a vortex. I wanted to paint that feeling rather than the place. Not the Kaabah as a building, but the Kaabah as a gravitational centre. The tiny cube at the bottom of this painting is the Kaabah. Everything else is the universe being drawn toward it.
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Siddiqa Juma is a Muslim artist whose work sits at the intersection of faith, identity, and contemporary art. Every piece begins with intention and is made as an act of devotion.
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The original painting this print is based on may be available. If you would like to own the original, or commission a new piece made specifically for your home, get in touch. Commissions are taken on a limited basis.
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Each print is made to order, especially for you. Only the finest museum-standard materials and processes are used, producing incredibly sharp, vibrant giclée prints on heavyweight archival paper. With proper care, your print is guaranteed to last more than 100 years.
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Frames are hand-finished by master framers using FSC-certified solid wood. Every frame is made to order. Not mass produced, not flat-packed. Your print arrives ready to hang.
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Your print is made to last. A few things worth knowing:
Keep it out of direct sunlight where possible. Archival paper holds its colour well, but prolonged UV exposure will fade any print over time.
Avoid hanging in humid rooms such as bathrooms or kitchens. Moisture is the main enemy of fine art paper.
If your print arrives rolled, lay it flat under a few books for 24 hours before framing. It will settle naturally.
For cleaning, a soft dry cloth on the glass is all you need. Never spray directly onto the print.
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