Tatreez turns Palestinian diaspora stitches into identity, income and resistance

From refugee camps to stitching circles, many in the Palestinian diaspora around the world are engaging with a traditional form of Palestinian embroidery as far more than a decorative aesthetic. Known as “tatreez,” they're finding in it a celebration of cultu…

Decades later, Samar Kabouli still fondly recalls gathering with women in her family and sipping cardamom-spiced coffee as they embroidered fabric with colorful threads in traditional Palestinian pat…

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