Sarah Bahbah

Sarah Bahbah (born December 1991) is an Arab-Australian artist of Palestinian and Jordanian descent. She was born and raised in Perth, but moved to Los Angeles, California at 25. She gained international attention in 2015 with her photographic series "Sex and Takeout", a play on food porn and indulgence without restraint.

Quotes

• "I grew up with so much guilt and shame for wanting to embody my sexuality and my identity, but I never really had a space where I fit into"
  • "3eib! What will people think?" - Sarah Bahbah's journey to liberation". AZEEMA. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
• “I’m sorry to my mother and Allah for the things I have done tomorrow”
• “It took 24 years of my life to learn just how whitewashed I became and how much I repressed my identity in order to exist safely in White spaces”
  • "3eib! What will people think?" - Sarah Bahbah's journey to liberation". AZEEMA. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
• “If you don’t truly understand the beliefs you’ve made about yourself, then they’re always going to subconsciously take over. It takes a lot of introspective therapy, talking about it, unpacking it and learning where the core belief came from and why you can’t let it leave essentially.”
  • "3eib! What will people think?" - Sarah Bahbah's journey to liberation". AZEEMA. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2025.

Quotes About Her

• "Her art is driven by the desire to "create a space where she belong, a space that she could own"
  • "Sarah Bahbah". 1883 Magazine. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2025.