Sophia Mohamed Al-Maria’s Little Shop of London Horrors

February 19th, 2008 by Admin

There we were, minding our own business, trying to find the next post for your (and our) entertainment, when we quite accidentally discovered Sophia Mohamed Al-Maria’s shop on Etsy. A Qatari student living in London and working towards her Master’s, Ms Al-Maria is a professional tracker of “werewolves” (her term for the oft villain-ized Arabs, Immigrants and the ‘Other’) living in London. Her caricatures toe the line between humor and protest with wit and aplomb–a little subversive attitude has been our personal motto since 9th grade gym class: ‘in your eye’–and we’re all for it.

Here’s one we adore called “Dream Street” which is based on a friend of Ms Al-Maria’s. We love it for so many reasons–the weaponry (one of us ALWAYS uses the ‘grenade’ while playing Drake’s Fortune), the hairstyle and ’side eye’ look, but most of all because of the use of the word “Frenemy” in the description! Granted, she said “not a frenemie” but, hey, we love it anyway–we’d love to see an image of an actual frenemy, someday. We just love that word.

DREAM STREET by sophia al maria

Our new boyfriend, BLACKFRIAR’S BRIDGE, was spotted lurking about talking into his cell phone ear piece, a la James Bond, in a possibly North African dialectic (let’s face it, languages we don’t understand are HOT), and was cloaked in mystery; and, we imagine, a little ridiculousness, which is always rather endearing. This caricature warmed our icy hearts like no other.

BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE by Sophia Al Maria

And finally, SHOREDITCH, the hipster diva resplendent in Top Shop, with a lot of attitude to go with her flair. Dig her hoops and charm bracelet–we suspect she didn’t get them on Etsy, but she very well could have. We secretly love that the ‘materials used’ section features the word ‘malice’–this girl is after our very heart, we tell you.

SHOREDITCH by Sophia Al Maria

Each adult werewolf comes delicately packaged in red tissue with a red EXPLOSION of GLITTER stars and an explanation signed and dated on gold paper. We totally want one. Check out her shop at SophiaAlMaria to show some love.

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