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.

Historically, Palestinian embroidery was taught mostly at home, passed down through generations, along with the decorated thobes. In 2019, when Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan ...

Widad Kawar, 94, started collecting Palestinian dresses when she was a child in Jerusalem and founded a museum dedicated to Palestinian embroidery. She talks about what has been lost and what endures.

Tatreez embroidery has been an integral part of the Palestinian identity. Today, young Palestinians are striving to revive this centuries-old art, blending traditional techniques with modern design.

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.

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

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

Tatreez is a traditional Palestinian embroidery art form thats visible in a lot of Palestinian clothing and rugs. Skip to main content. WBUR. 90.0 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station.

Some 6,800 miles from Palestine, Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim is keeping the culture of her homeland alive – in thread. She’s taught Palestinian hand-embroidery to her three daughters and to people ...

Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, became the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress. At her swearing-in, she wore a thobe, a dress with Palestinian embroidery ...

Widad Kawar, 94, started collecting Palestinian dresses when she was a child in Jerusalem and founded a museum dedicated to Palestinian embroidery. She talks about what has been lost and what endures.