The title of ghenwa abou fayad’s (Bikfaya, Lebanon, 1992) installation allah project | مَشْرُوعْ الله | mashrouʿ allah in the name of god is derived from one of many expressions commonly used among people with different religious beliefs in Lebanon. The frequent usage of these religious expressions across decades, however, has slightly altered their meaning. Within her installation, abou fayad explores these expressions and the specificity of their context. The word god or “allah” can express frustration or distress at times, and at others, the word is used to express false hope, like “inshallah,” depending on the sociopolitical context. abou fayad is interested in the way the patriarchal system in Lebanon has led people to project the intangible figure of allah onto the portraits of warlords that still rule the system: the more that religion is instrumentalized, the further that the concept and visual representation of allah becomes unfounded.