EIP: When did you first pick up a paintbrush, and what inspired you to do so?
RIDIKKULUZ: When I was kid I’d spend summers in Jordan and my cousin Fadi, who was also an artist, would give me a blank canvas to mess around with as he worked on his Oum Khalthoum paintings. He showed me the essence of being an Arab painter: painting, cigarettes, whiskey while Fairouz was playing in the background.