Nazish Dholakia / TheIsmaili.org
Of his childhood home in Sweden, Vancouver-based artist Mohamed Somani recalls one painting in particular — he would spend hours laying on the sofa, absentmindedly gazing up at it.
Adorned in an elaborate golden frame, it depicted a Dutch-style landscape, with a small stream running through the middle, spanned by a bridge that allowed unseen travellers to cross over. Beyond the bridge was the edge of a town, faintly depicted in the distance.
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