Alif Meem | Author: Khaled Sabsabi

Originally made on a Richo photocopier (alongside Pity the Nation), in between covid lockdowns, in 2021. Sabsabi brought reworked photographs, drawings and cut out calligraphy to arrange on the copier. Working with Stolon Press, a master copy of each book was completed over two days. The books were then typeset in Ghent, Belgium, and collated and stapled in Sydney.

The first printing of each title was in an edition of 80 copies and sold out quickly. Both books embody Sabsabi's use of repetition, pattern-work, and silhouettes, where image and text are layered and unified into a whole. This second edition was printed in Singapore in April 2025.

Softcover
27 x 21cm
32 pages
May 2025 (edition of 300)