Azizah Raghib’s More Than Words is an installation which uses immersive technology to explore Islamophobia in British Journalism, print and online. A study commissioned by the Muslim Council of Britain on news media bias has reported 60% of printed articles portray the religion negatively and associate it with keywords like terrorism and extremism. Raghib’s installation shows headlines across decades, the earliest one being from 2005. When the newspaper prints are scanned with a smartphone app, the original news clippings pop up in place of the print.

The installation uses Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) to classify viewers using phrases commonly associated with islamophobia, highlighting the influence of these headlines.