History of Palestinian EmbroideryOnce a traditional craft practiced by village women, Palestinian embroidery has become an important symbol of Palestinian culture. Palestinian embroidery also symbolizes the traditional rural lifestyle of Palestine, ...

"The main technique of Bethlehem embroidery is couching with silver, gold and silk cord. This is twisted into elaborate floral and curvilinear patterns, attached to the fabric with tiny stitches, and framed and filled with herringbone and ...

Bedouins are a semi-nomadic people who, historically, lived across the Middle East and North Africa, moving their flocks to seasonal grazing locations. The weaving is usuallydone by womenon a ground loom, creating a three-ply strong and tight textile ...

Originating from the Palestinian village of al-Majdal Asqalan (today the Israeli city Ashkelon), Majdalawi fabric is woven on single treadle looms. The original weave used black and indigo cotton threads accented by bands of turquoise and fuchsia ...

Olivewood is a local material found throughout Palestine, and the wood carving can be traced back to the 16th and 17th centuries. Travelers' accounts and historical documents describe the beauty of olive wood rosaries and crucifixes and their ...

Palestinians are as particular about their choice of olive oil as the French or Italians are about their wines. The oil from Ramallah is light and a little bitter, while oil from Beit Jala is heavier and bitter like freshly pickled olives. Oils for ...

Basket-weaving is a rutal heritage of Palestine, andhas been intrinsic to the farming community for centuries. Sourcing materials from their surroundings, women weave different colored twigs from olive, almond and terebinth trees into decorative and ...

Although ceramics in Palestine date far back to the Neolithic period, evidenced in the archeological sites throughout the area, it was the Armenian artisans in Jerusalem that popularized the art of pottery-making during the turn of the century. Loved ...

Leather industry in Palestine has historic roots in the city of Hebron, where family-owned tannaries have operated for centuries. Cow, goat, and camel leathers are sourced from communities across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and processed into ...

Traditional Palestinian jewelry was often made by the town'ssilversmiths. Women wore as part of their traditional costume elaborate earrings, bracelets, necklaces,and head dresses. Amulets containing religious verses or glass beads made in Hebron ...

Sheep have always been part of the Palestinian landscape,with their wool used in traditional crafts such as rugs and tents woven by Bedouin, and for pillowand mattressstuffings. While the use of natural wool has been replaced in recent decades with ...

Silk-screen printing, which can be set up, produced and maintained relatively easily with low cost, is anincome-generation means suited for small producer groups with limited resources. Sunbula helped setting it upat two of itspartners, Oasis ...