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, ...
Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. English embroidery has a long history as a storytelling medium. During the medieval period, needlework was used to ...
In this edition of Know Your Handloom, we explore Kutch embroidery and learn about its diversity. Kurtas, shawls and bags with Kutch embroidery being sold at Dastkar's Nature Bazaar What is Kutch ...
Forthcoming from Princeton University Press, 'The Atlas of World Embroidery' celebrates the global history of a timeless ...
Amid Israel’s military occupation of Palestine, the starvation and displacement of millions of Palestinians, and the deliberate targeting of Palestinian heritage, ‘Thread Memory: Embroidery from ...
Growing up as a Palestinian in the diaspora, Zain Masri would spend summers visiting her grandmother in Jordan. One summer, Masri’s grandmother, who is a skilled seamstress with her own business, ...
In a small studio in the heart of Beirut's crowded Bourj al-Barajneh camp, more than two dozen women from the Al Sama NGO crouch over their whirring sewing machines, embroidering clothes destined for ...
Kashida embroidery is a centuries-old craft rooted in the Indian subcontinent. It is known for its intricate motifs of nature, symbolizing the cycles of seasons and prosperity. Artisans, mainly women, ...
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