This two-part mural represents a verse from a work by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008). While the poem was originally written in Arabic, Shehab has interpreted the title and content of the text — “The Penultimate Address of the ‘Red Indian’ in Front of the White Man” (1992) — as a challenge to power, and selected this evocative phrase for her piece: “My people will return as air and light and water.” The mural uses an artist-created script that has added both pixelated and figurative roots to 10th century floriated Kufic calligraphy to make a site-specific commentary about colonization, displacement, and loss — of land, people, and identity. “My People” speaks to how Shangri La can be an intersection of cultural aesthetics and a place to explore political concerns across indigenous contexts. Shehab’s inventive and energetic interpretation of Arabic epigraphy richly illustrates the ways that art can be a space for marginalized voices.