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In a workshop in an infamous refugee camp in Beirut, Palestinian women practice an ancient art form — as a livelihood, and also as therapy. The designs come from a homeland most have never seen.

Hanan Zarura (right) gives instructions to an employee at her embroidery workshop in a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, on Dec. 2, 2024. Dalia Khamissy for NPR.

Exhibition of Palestinian dress and embroidery to open at V&A Dundee - Thread Memory: Embroidery From Palestine explores how embroidery has shaped and expressed Palestinian national identity.

OSAKA—The Osaka Kansai Expo held a Palestinian fashion show here on June 1, showcasing the culture’s stunning traditional garments alongside bold fusions of Japanese and Palestinian styles.

Hanan Zarura, a master craftswoman of Palestinian tatreez embroidery, with a jacket she's been making at her workshop in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila, in Beirut, Lebanon.

For these women, their trade — traditional Palestinian embroidery, called tatreez — provides both a livelihood and a connection to their homeland.

In a workshop in an infamous refugee camp in Beirut, Palestinian women practice an ancient art form — as a livelihood, and also as therapy. The designs come from a homeland most have never seen.