For In a furnished flat in Cairo, Maha Maamoun works with the issues of security and insecurity and how they manifest themselves within the household. Maamoun addresses the individual’s attempts to bridge feelings of insecurity through the acquisition, accumulation, and display of products, positions, and convictions which ultimately result in a false sense of material, spiritual or psychological security. Central to this sense of security is the impulse to keep count, encompass, accumulate, contain and control which manifests itself within a bedroom in the flat. Maha Maamoun (1972) lives and works in Cairo. She has an M.A. in Middle Eastern History from American University in Cairo and has been working as a black and white darkroom supervisor since 1994. Her recent exhibitions include PhotoCairo at the Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt (2003), 5ème Rencontre de la Photographie Africaine, Bamako, Mali (2003), Going Places: a Project for Public Buses, Cairo, Egypt (2003).