Spoken word artist and poet Mohamed Hassan explores the story of his name in this skillful video. The story of our names can relate to the actual meaning of our names, our relationship with people who gave us our names, and the complicated personal history we have with our names.
As you watch consider the question: how has your relationship with your name changed over time? Were the causes of these changes internally or externally motivated? If you made a video like this, what would you include? What visual connections do you have with your name?