When they asked me to do work for Lebanon, I spent the day making beauty shots of hummus, pita, labneh, and arak. The performance took place in Berlin, following the August 4, 2020 explosion at the Port of Beirut, which caused significant loss of life, injury, and destruction during an economic collapse and a pandemic. Alongside these “Lebanese” products, often used internationally as identity signifiers. I added yellow cheese and canned meat, which many Lebanese recognise as part of aid boxes distributed during and after wars. The work moved between food, aid, and display, flexing an economy where identity circulates as something packaged, supplemented, and consumed.