Discover Palestinian Symbols

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

Palestinian-Owned Clothing Brands: A Field Guid...

A hand-embroidered Palestinian thobe. Photo: Aseel zm, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Nol Collective sources its hand embroidery from family-run sewing workshops and women's cooperatives still working inside Palestine, according...

Palestinian-Owned Clothing Brands: A Field Guid...

A hand-embroidered Palestinian thobe. Photo: Aseel zm, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Nol Collective sources its hand embroidery from family-run sewing workshops and women's cooperatives still working inside Palestine, according...

A woman in embroidered Palestinian dress sits with two young children on a stone balcony, all three looking at illustrated papers together

Raising a Palestinian Child in the Diaspora: He...

A woman in Palestinian embroidered dress with two children, Jerusalem. Library of Congress, public domain. Before 1948, a Palestinian girl learned her village's embroidery pattern the same way she learned...

Raising a Palestinian Child in the Diaspora: He...

A woman in Palestinian embroidered dress with two children, Jerusalem. Library of Congress, public domain. Before 1948, a Palestinian girl learned her village's embroidery pattern the same way she learned...

Two embroidered Palestinian dress sleeves displayed side by side, dense geometric cross-stitch in red, orange, purple and gold thread

Made in Montreal, Worn Worldwide: The FALASTIN ...

Palestinian embroidery on dress sleeves. Photo: Ma'moun Othman, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Jad Sahyoun founded FALASTIN in Montreal, a city with no Palestinian village, no olive grove, and no...

Made in Montreal, Worn Worldwide: The FALASTIN ...

Palestinian embroidery on dress sleeves. Photo: Ma'moun Othman, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Jad Sahyoun founded FALASTIN in Montreal, a city with no Palestinian village, no olive grove, and no...

A hand-embroidered black Palestinian thobe hanging beneath grapevine leaves, its chest panel stitched in pink, white and olive cross-stitch

Solidarity Without Slogans: Palestinian Solidar...

A hand-embroidered Palestinian thobe. Photo: Aseel zm, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. In 1987, during the First Intifada, Israeli military authorities made it a punishable offense to publicly display the...

Solidarity Without Slogans: Palestinian Solidar...

A hand-embroidered Palestinian thobe. Photo: Aseel zm, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. In 1987, during the First Intifada, Israeli military authorities made it a punishable offense to publicly display the...

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

What to Wear to a Palestinian Wedding as a Gues...

A hand-embroidered Palestinian thobe. Photo: Aseel zm, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. A Palestinian wedding follows its own unspoken dress code, and it is rarely written down anywhere a guest...

What to Wear to a Palestinian Wedding as a Gues...

A hand-embroidered Palestinian thobe. Photo: Aseel zm, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. A Palestinian wedding follows its own unspoken dress code, and it is rarely written down anywhere a guest...

Close-up corner of a Bethlehem thobe's couched-gold embroidery, orange and pink floral motifs inside a red and gold chevron border

Made to Order Palestinian Apparel: How FALASTIN...

Embroidery from a Bethlehem dress, or thobe. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0. TL;DR: Made to order Palestinian apparel means FALASTIN produces each garment only after it is ordered, rather...

Made to Order Palestinian Apparel: How FALASTIN...

Embroidery from a Bethlehem dress, or thobe. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0. TL;DR: Made to order Palestinian apparel means FALASTIN produces each garment only after it is ordered, rather...