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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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Palestinian Clothing Identity: How to Read Pale...
Palestinian clothing works as a communication system. Agricultural symbols like the olive and cactus reference land tenure. The Key of Return references 1948. Tatreez patterns identify a woman's village. This...
Palestinian Clothing Identity: How to Read Pale...
Palestinian clothing works as a communication system. Agricultural symbols like the olive and cactus reference land tenure. The Key of Return references 1948. Tatreez patterns identify a woman's village. This...
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Palestinian Women's Clothing: A History of the ...
The Palestinian thobe was not a single garment. Its cut, color, neckline, and embroidered chest panel all varied by village, making women's dress a precise record of geographic origin. This...
Palestinian Women's Clothing: A History of the ...
The Palestinian thobe was not a single garment. Its cut, color, neckline, and embroidered chest panel all varied by village, making women's dress a precise record of geographic origin. This...
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Palestinian Heritage Clothing: How Symbols Pres...
Palestinian heritage clothing functions as a documentation system. Tatreez patterns encoded village identity and allowed researchers to trace refugee origins after 1948. This post covers how Palestinian clothing, from the...
Palestinian Heritage Clothing: How Symbols Pres...
Palestinian heritage clothing functions as a documentation system. Tatreez patterns encoded village identity and allowed researchers to trace refugee origins after 1948. This post covers how Palestinian clothing, from the...
Blog posts
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Tatreez Patterns by Region: Bethlehem to Gaza
Tatreez Patterns by Region: Bethlehem to Gaza Chest panel from a Bethlehem thobe, 1930s-1940s. Tiraz: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress & Textile Museum. Photo: Ma'moun Othman, CC BY-SA 4.0....
Tatreez Patterns by Region: Bethlehem to Gaza
Tatreez Patterns by Region: Bethlehem to Gaza Chest panel from a Bethlehem thobe, 1930s-1940s. Tiraz: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress & Textile Museum. Photo: Ma'moun Othman, CC BY-SA 4.0....
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The Palestinian Wedding: From Zaffeh to Henna N...
Two days of henna, the zaffeh procession, the bride's tatreez thobe. The structure of a Palestinian wedding week, the regional rituals inside it, and how diaspora families preserve what they...
The Palestinian Wedding: From Zaffeh to Henna N...
Two days of henna, the zaffeh procession, the bride's tatreez thobe. The structure of a Palestinian wedding week, the regional rituals inside it, and how diaspora families preserve what they...
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Palestinian Dabke: The Stomp That Carries a Nation
The line, the lawweeh, and the stomp. Where dabke comes from, what the steps mean, and how diaspora dance troupes from Ramallah to California keep the line moving.
Palestinian Dabke: The Stomp That Carries a Nation
The line, the lawweeh, and the stomp. Where dabke comes from, what the steps mean, and how diaspora dance troupes from Ramallah to California keep the line moving.
The Cities of Palestine
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Ramallah Palestine: History, Culture, and Pales...
Ramallah sits at 900 meters elevation in the central West Bank, 15 kilometers from Jerusalem. Originally a Christian village documented since the 16th century, it has grown into the administrative...
Ramallah Palestine: History, Culture, and Pales...
Ramallah sits at 900 meters elevation in the central West Bank, 15 kilometers from Jerusalem. Originally a Christian village documented since the 16th century, it has grown into the administrative...
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Hebron (Al-Khalil): Palestine's Oldest City
Hebron old city souk. Photo: Obada A Zatari, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. Hebron (Al-Khalil): The Oldest Continuously Inhabited City in Palestine Al-Khalil (الخليل), "the friend," is what Palestinians have...
Hebron (Al-Khalil): Palestine's Oldest City
Hebron old city souk. Photo: Obada A Zatari, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. Hebron (Al-Khalil): The Oldest Continuously Inhabited City in Palestine Al-Khalil (الخليل), "the friend," is what Palestinians have...
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Beersheba Palestine: History of the Negev Gatew...
Beersheba (Bi'r al-Sabi') is the historic gateway to the Negev, occupied for 6,000 years and referenced in ancient Near Eastern sources across 3,000 years. The Thursday market was the largest...
Beersheba Palestine: History of the Negev Gatew...
Beersheba (Bi'r al-Sabi') is the historic gateway to the Negev, occupied for 6,000 years and referenced in ancient Near Eastern sources across 3,000 years. The Thursday market was the largest...
