We speak to a tatreez artisan from a refugee camp and her effort to protect this heritage Historically, tatreez sessions have been a place for bonding... when women would engage in open dialogues, ...

Some of Abir Barakat’s earliest childhood memories are of her father’s fascination with tatreez, a traditional Palestinian embroidery involving hand-stitching patterns and motifs on clothing, scarves, ...

Wafa Ghnaim’s mother was forced into exile from her home in Safad in historic Palestine at the age of three. To keep the ties with her home region alive, she taught herself the art of tatreez, a form ...

Traditional Palestinian embroidery is on UNESCO’s list of cultural heritage. Now there is a push to revive interest in the craft among younger generations. By Raja Abdulrahim Reporting from Birzeit, ...

For decades the embroidery so common in traditional Palestinian fashion, known in Arabic as tatreez, has been a unifying symbol for Palestinians in the post-1948 diaspora, a fact evidenced by the ...

I must've been 9 or 10 when I first learned tatreez. I have a vivid memory of sitting on the porch, outside our family's home in Jordan, with Teta, my grandmother, helping me with my inexplicable ...

Israa Alsaafin's face lights up as she drapes her silky thobe — a traditional Palestinian embroidered dress — onto a chair for her former students to admire. The four women compliment its soft pink ...

The new congresswoman from Michigan wore a thobe, a traditional Palestinian dress with elaborate embroidery, to her swearing-in, and her supporters posted photos of themselves in their own. By Karen ...