Omar Ibn Said was an Islamic scholar and writer who was born in Futa Toro which is in present day Senegal. He was later enslaved in the early 19th century. Said is the author of one of the only known autobiographical accounts written in Arabic by a Muslim enslaved person in the United States; an enduring record of intellect, faith, and resistance under conditions designed to erase both. This piece is constructed through a woven, grid structure, the composition reflects both rupture and continuity. The act of weaving becomes a symbol of preservation: of memory, language, and belief. It speaks to the quiet labor of holding oneself intact when systems attempt to unravel identity. The deep reds/browns move between violence and vitality, marking the physical and historical weight of enslavement, while blues shift between stillness and depth; representing distance, passage, and introspection. The suspended tassels extend from the surface representing knowledge and power; suggesting that what is learned, written, and remembered cannot be fully stripped away. Like Omar Ibn Said’s writings, they remain as evidence of an interior life that persisted despite external control which is currently located at the Library of Congress in Washington DC. Subtle gestures suggest traces of script as a homage to his Arabic manuscripts. In honoring Omar ibn Said, this work reflects on the endurance of faith, intellect, and identity. It considers what it means to remain whole within fragmentation and how, even in conditions of profound constraint, the act of expression becomes a form of survival.