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An exhibition of Palestinian dress and embroidery is set to open at V&A Dundee, as the city marks 45 years since it was ...
Embroidery From Palestine brings together more than 30 historical dresses, alongside veils, head-dresses, jewellery, ...
That initial exhibition sowed the seeds for Labour of Love: New Approaches to Palestinian Embroidery, which was staged in the West Bank in 2018, and for Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery, which ...
Leena Sobeih created her wedding corset and skirt, featuring tatreez, or traditional Palestinian cross-stitch. Read on for more on Leena Sobeih’s custom wedding look.
When British-Palestinian designer Leena Sobeih got engaged to husband Tom, she knew that she wanted to wear two looks for her nikkah, or religious ceremony, in Manchester. “I want to honour my ...
SKATE brand Pieute has been featured in V&A Dundee’s latest exhibition, Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine.
Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine will be hosted in V&A Dundee and will explore the practice of Tatreez – a hand-embroidery technique which tells stories of women’s identities, grief and ...
Symbolic of her Palestinian heritage, the wearing of the dress signified solidarity and pride in her homeland and received international recognition. Councillor Nadia El-Nakla said: “I am delighted to ...
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, has called for Hamas to “hand over its weapons,” immediately free all hostages and cease ruling Gaza, the French presidency said on Tuesday ...