The incident, which at first seems amusing, is the cornerstone of Amin’s The General’s Stork, a work that investigates the politics of aerial surveillance—against the backdrop of biblical prophecies, drone warfare, and colonial narratives—from a bird’s-eye view.

Driven by ongoing research, The General’s Stork has evolved over time to examine how conquest from the sky—through land surveying, mapping, bombing, and drone technologies—has effectively transformed Western power into a spectacle of high-tech weaponry. Through the lens of paranoia that can lead to a bird being accused of spying, this work further reveals the extent to which military techniques of visualization define and ultimately delimit the topography of the Middle East.