Discover Palestinian Symbols

A black Palestinian thobe with a cross-stitched floral chest panel, hanging beneath grapevine leaves

Palestinian vs Lebanese Embroidery: Two Heritag...

A Palestinian thobe with hand cross-stitched tatreez on the chest panel. Photo by Aseel zm. CC BY-SA 4.0. In Beersheba, a red cross-stitch thread on a woman's dress meant she...

Palestinian vs Lebanese Embroidery: Two Heritag...

A Palestinian thobe with hand cross-stitched tatreez on the chest panel. Photo by Aseel zm. CC BY-SA 4.0. In Beersheba, a red cross-stitch thread on a woman's dress meant she...

A hand-embroidered Palestinian tatreez dress hanging outdoors beneath grapevine leaves, its chest panel patterned in green, pink and white cross-stitch

Gifts for a Palestinian Friend: A Respectful Gi...

Buying gifts for a Palestinian friend usually starts with a search that goes nowhere useful: rows of mass-produced scarves, mugs and jewelry labeled "Middle Eastern" or "boho," none of it...

Gifts for a Palestinian Friend: A Respectful Gi...

Buying gifts for a Palestinian friend usually starts with a search that goes nowhere useful: rows of mass-produced scarves, mugs and jewelry labeled "Middle Eastern" or "boho," none of it...

Members of the Arab Women's Union of Ramallah spinning wool and cross-stitch embroidering in the union's work rooms, mid-20th century

Palestinian Heritage Apparel for Cold Weather: ...

Spinning wool and cross-stitch embroidering at the Arab Women's Union of Ramallah. Matson Collection, Library of Congress, public domain. Heritage apparel for cold weather is not a new problem Palestinian...

Palestinian Heritage Apparel for Cold Weather: ...

Spinning wool and cross-stitch embroidering at the Arab Women's Union of Ramallah. Matson Collection, Library of Congress, public domain. Heritage apparel for cold weather is not a new problem Palestinian...

Black and white 1930s photograph of men and women spinning wool and cross-stitching in the work rooms of the Arab Women's Union of Ramallah

Brands That Donate 100 Percent of Profits to Pa...

The phrase gets used loosely. A percentage tucked into a marketing email is not the same commitment as a business built around it, and the difference matters more than it...

Brands That Donate 100 Percent of Profits to Pa...

The phrase gets used loosely. A percentage tucked into a marketing email is not the same commitment as a business built around it, and the difference matters more than it...

A mid-20th-century aerial photograph of Bethlehem and its surrounding hillsides, terraced fields and olive groves spreading across the slopes below the town

From Order to Olive Grove: How a FALASTIN T-Shi...

Bethlehem and its surrounding terraces, photographed from the air. Matson Collection, Library of Congress, public domain. How a UPA grant actually gets funded is not a complicated question, but FALASTIN...

From Order to Olive Grove: How a FALASTIN T-Shi...

Bethlehem and its surrounding terraces, photographed from the air. Matson Collection, Library of Congress, public domain. How a UPA grant actually gets funded is not a complicated question, but FALASTIN...

Close-up cross-stitch embroidery in orange, gold, green and pink thread on a Bethlehem-style Palestinian dress panel

Best Gifts for the Palestinian Diaspora: A Heri...

Embroidery from a Bethlehem dress, Palestinian thobe. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0. Buying a gift for someone in the Palestinian diaspora usually comes down to two bad options: a...

Best Gifts for the Palestinian Diaspora: A Heri...

Embroidery from a Bethlehem dress, Palestinian thobe. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0. Buying a gift for someone in the Palestinian diaspora usually comes down to two bad options: a...