This thesis project, and its accompanying exhibition Grab/ Hold, examine how SWANA diasporic artists create work from experiences of dislocation, fragmented memory, and becoming. Informed by Sara Ahmed’s queer phenomenology, it explores orientation as a critical framework for understanding how bodies negotiate space and orient themselves within conditions of instability. Drawing on Jalal Toufic’s theory of “immaterial withdrawal” and Walid Sadek’s “excessive matter”, the project situates contemporary diasporic art practices within Lebanon and its ongoing political violence. Through a curatorial model that frames gathering as a form of care, resistance, and community-building, the exhibition brings together works by Batoul Faour, Christina Hajjar, Dana Qaddah, Muriel Ahmarani Jaouich, and Nour Bishouty. Grab/ Hold foregrounds queer Arab perspectives and understands artistic practice as a means of grounding and reorientation within diasporic experience.