A Life Shaped by Displacement: The Art of Mona Hatoum Mona Hatoum, a name synonymous with contemporary art’s most poignant explorations of identity and displacement, was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1952 to Palestinian refugee parents. Her artistic journey is inextricably linked to the experiences of exile, loss, and the persistent search for belonging—a narrative deeply rooted in her family's history and the turbulent political landscape of her early life. Growing up amidst the complexities of Lebanese civil war, Hatoum’s formative years were marked by a constant awareness of instability and…