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Once practiced by village women across Palestine, "tatreez" has become a symbol of women's resistance, identity and heritage. However, as Abbadi points out in an interview with Jan Tomes, this unique piece of Palestinian cultural heritage is now in danger of dying out ....
Women in the Levant have long used needlework to depict the region’s history, its landscapes, customs and traditions. Intricately embroidered panels, varying in style, colour and pattern reflect the different cultural, religious and family affiliations. One woman, Widad Kawar, has made it her quest to ensure this heritage is not forgotten. Marta Vidal reports from Amman, Jordan ....
Christmas opens new market for small Gaza sewing business In the blockaded Gaza Strip, the Christmas season is giving a boost to a small women’s business that produces pandemic face masks decorated with holiday symbols The masks, decorated with images of Santa Claus, reindeer and Christmas trees, have found markets as far away as Europe. They also have provided a small lift to a Palestinian enclave run by the Islamic militant Hamas group and where the vast majority of residents are Muslim. “We exported the first 200 masks two weeks ago to France, last week about 300 to Germany and from 300 to 400 masks will be sent to Britain in the coming days,” said Suhad Saidam, owner of the workshop. ....
Embroidery in the Age of Corona The Media Line Staff Documentation and Practice from Iraq, Jordan, Netherlands. Fatima Abbadi, embroiderer, photographer, Capelle aan den Ijssel, Netherlands. According to Fatima Abbadi, a photographer and practicing embroiderer and collector of Jordanian and Palestinian embroidered dress, “So much can be said from a small piece of hand-embroidered cloth. With every stitch it can reveal many women’s hidden stories formed from struggle and resilience, personal life experiences, rites of passage and political statements. For generations, this practice has been passed down from mother to daughter, carrying along all of these stories, but for the last few decades, this practice has either vanished in certain parts of the world or been replaced by industrial machine embroidery. Due to all of these factors, I find it crucial to keep alive this extraordinary handcraft by teaching and talking about it. Preserving it means keeping alive tra ....