Growing up between countries means constantly packing and unpacking pieces of yourself. You collect accents, memories, and rituals from everywhere, yet never feel fully rooted in just one place. When I spoke with Rima Rokh and Sally Batha, the duo behind Dukkan Avantique, it felt like all of that in motion — identity, nostalgia, politics, art, friendship, and a lot of hard work.
Dukkan Avantique is a storytelling project, a visual diary of what it means to be a third culture kid and a Palestinian in today’s world. Rima, an acrylic and digital artist who recently shifted from strategy consulting to full-time creative work, and Sally, who juggles a full-time job, the brand, and a dessert business, somehow manage to run a growing label and build a community around it.
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