Tatreez is traditional Palestinian embroidery that uses colorful stitching found on textiles, filled with symbolic motifs that represent the different facets of Palestinian life and culture.

Clothing styles in the Middle East vary from country to country, and from region to region. In Palestine, the embroidery of patterns using specific colours is called tatreez. The word means ...

Tatreez is traditional Palestinian embroidery that uses colorful stitching found on textiles, filled with symbolic motifs that represent the different facets of Palestinian life and culture.

Tatreez is a traditional Palestinian embroidery art form visible in a lot of Palestinian clothing and rugs. It combines colorful thread with common motifs found in Palestinian culture ...

Palestinian embroidery, called tatreez, is a centuries-old tradition. Digital preservation efforts, like a database called Tirazain, could help preserve it for the future.

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.

Leena Sobeih created her wedding corset and skirt, featuring tatreez, or traditional Palestinian cross-stitch.

Tatreez is a historic embroidery style unique to Palestine, according to the release. Its intricate, geometric designs are found on clothing – in particular, the thobes (dresses) historically worn by ...

Wafa Ghnaim works with museums to preserve the historic craft of Palestinian embroidery, known as tatreez ...

Hussaini uses various Palestinian traditions like Tatreez in her mixed-media abstract fine art. “Tatreez is a cross-stitch embroidery that Palestinian women use on their dresses,” Hussaini said.

Wafa Ghnaim’s ‘Tatreez Inheritance’ Showcases the Richness of Palestinian Embroidery Ghnaim's curatorial debut is a love letter to the art form in the United States.