Inspired by her Egyptian heritage and love of her Tucson home, artist Noor Nassar creates stickers and other works of art representing Arab culture, the Desert Southwest and nostalgic references to childhood in the ’90s.
“I’m very millennial core,” Nassar said. “Think Pikachu and other elements that remind you of what it felt like being raised in the ’90s, but an ethnic person in the ’90s. So, I definitely cater mostly to millennials.”
Born to Egyptian immigrant parents in California’s Bay Area, Nassar said she grew up with deep ties to her family’s culture. Her name, Noor, means light in Arabic, which inspired the name for her business, Happy Light Designs.
“We went to Egypt all the time in the summers, and Arabic is my second language, and I grew up in a really tight-knit Muslim community in the Bay Area. It really formed a big part of my identity.”…