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FALASTIN - Iqraa Spring Fun Run 2025 – Running ...
On April 12, 2025, runners, families, and supporters will gather in Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia Park for the Iqraa Spring Fun Run 2025—a community-driven initiative dedicated to building a brighter future...
FALASTIN - Iqraa Spring Fun Run 2025 – Running ...
On April 12, 2025, runners, families, and supporters will gather in Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia Park for the Iqraa Spring Fun Run 2025—a community-driven initiative dedicated to building a brighter future...
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Grand Arabic Jam: Songs of Solidarity | Februar...
On February 21, 2025, we partnered with the Grand Arabic Jam in Toronto for Volume 3: Songs of Solidarity — a night dedicated to traditional folk and Watani music from...
Grand Arabic Jam: Songs of Solidarity | Februar...
On February 21, 2025, we partnered with the Grand Arabic Jam in Toronto for Volume 3: Songs of Solidarity — a night dedicated to traditional folk and Watani music from...
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Gaza Iftar Fundraiser: A Night of Unity and Imp...
On March 14th, 2025, FALASTIN had the honor of participating in the sold-out Gaza Iftar Fundraiser, hosted by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and the Canadian Palestinian Federation of Quebec (CPFQ)...
Gaza Iftar Fundraiser: A Night of Unity and Imp...
On March 14th, 2025, FALASTIN had the honor of participating in the sold-out Gaza Iftar Fundraiser, hosted by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and the Canadian Palestinian Federation of Quebec (CPFQ)...
The Symbols of Palestine
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Is It Offensive to Wear a Headscarf? What Pales...
TL;DR: Is it offensive to wear a headscarf depends entirely on which one is meant. A religious hijab is a matter of personal faith, not this brand's territory to rule...
Is It Offensive to Wear a Headscarf? What Pales...
TL;DR: Is it offensive to wear a headscarf depends entirely on which one is meant. A religious hijab is a matter of personal faith, not this brand's territory to rule...
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Why Arab Wear a Headdress: The Keffiyeh, Ghutra...
TL;DR: Why Arab wear a headdress comes down to more than style. A plain white ghutra, a red-and-white shemagh, a black-and-white keffiyeh, a green-wrapped head, a scholar's turban: across the...
Why Arab Wear a Headdress: The Keffiyeh, Ghutra...
TL;DR: Why Arab wear a headdress comes down to more than style. A plain white ghutra, a red-and-white shemagh, a black-and-white keffiyeh, a green-wrapped head, a scholar's turban: across the...
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How to Wear a Keffiyeh: Women's Guide to Palest...
TL;DR: The keffiyeh began as a man's headdress, a square of cotton Bedouin men wore against the desert sun, and its black-and-white Palestinian form is barely seventy years old. This...
How to Wear a Keffiyeh: Women's Guide to Palest...
TL;DR: The keffiyeh began as a man's headdress, a square of cotton Bedouin men wore against the desert sun, and its black-and-white Palestinian form is barely seventy years old. This...
Blog posts
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How to Care for Tatreez Embroidery: Washing, St...
A hand-embroidered Palestinian thobe. Aseel zm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cotton floss tatreez holds its color and its shape for decades when it is washed by hand in...
How to Care for Tatreez Embroidery: Washing, St...
A hand-embroidered Palestinian thobe. Aseel zm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cotton floss tatreez holds its color and its shape for decades when it is washed by hand in...
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The Palestinian Bisht: The Abayeh, Handwoven Wo...
The Palestinian bisht went by another name at home: the abayeh, a homespun striped wool cloak off Hebron sheep, woven in Majdal, Bethlehem, Ramallah and Jerusalem, and absent from the...
The Palestinian Bisht: The Abayeh, Handwoven Wo...
The Palestinian bisht went by another name at home: the abayeh, a homespun striped wool cloak off Hebron sheep, woven in Majdal, Bethlehem, Ramallah and Jerusalem, and absent from the...
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Palestinian Olive Wood Carving: Bethlehem, Beit...
Olive wood carving in Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and Beit Jala: branch wood from the pruning season, Franciscan teaching centres from the sixteenth century, and 135 workshops in one small town.
Palestinian Olive Wood Carving: Bethlehem, Beit...
Olive wood carving in Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and Beit Jala: branch wood from the pruning season, Franciscan teaching centres from the sixteenth century, and 135 workshops in one small town.
The Cities of Palestine
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Beit Sahour, Palestine: The Shepherds' Fields a...
Beit Sahour and its olive terraces, photographed by Frank Scholten in the early twentieth century. Public domain. Beit Sahour, Palestine (بيت ساحور) sits on a limestone ridge immediately east of...
Beit Sahour, Palestine: The Shepherds' Fields a...
Beit Sahour and its olive terraces, photographed by Frank Scholten in the early twentieth century. Public domain. Beit Sahour, Palestine (بيت ساحور) sits on a limestone ridge immediately east of...
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Salfit, Palestine: The Olive Oil Heartland of t...
Salfit, Palestine, seen from a neighboring hillside. Source: Wikimedia Commons, CC0. TL;DR: The name Salfit comes from a Canaanite phrase for basket of grapes, sal for basket and fit for...
Salfit, Palestine: The Olive Oil Heartland of t...
Salfit, Palestine, seen from a neighboring hillside. Source: Wikimedia Commons, CC0. TL;DR: The name Salfit comes from a Canaanite phrase for basket of grapes, sal for basket and fit for...
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Taybeh, Palestine: The Village Behind Palestine...
Grape harvest in a vineyard near Taybeh, September 1937. Library of Congress, Matson Collection. Public domain. Taybeh, Palestine sits on a hilltop some twelve kilometers northeast of Ramallah, and it...
Taybeh, Palestine: The Village Behind Palestine...
Grape harvest in a vineyard near Taybeh, September 1937. Library of Congress, Matson Collection. Public domain. Taybeh, Palestine sits on a hilltop some twelve kilometers northeast of Ramallah, and it...
