Juma Al Haj is an Emirati artist raised between the UAE and the USA. His artistic practice derives from the inherent need for belonging and illustrates painterly expressions, manifesting the innate quest to and a sense of peace. Al Haj’s work presents a juxtaposition of the familiarity of written expression opposed by the obscureness of deconstructed language, ultimately redefining the role of language outside of its functional daily use. Language is mystically recontextualized to an abstract realm of boundless meaning, pushed forward by the universality of abstraction