Widad Kawar very kindly gave us a book from her collection. ‘Palestinian Embroidery “Traditional Fallahi” Cross Stitch’. This beautiful and detailed book will be a very important resource for panel creation. Widad who wrote the book dedicated it to ..”all Palestinian women who have embroidered in the past and are still embroidering today” ISBN 9953-441-94-4
Front cover showing traditional Gaza fabric woven by Majdal Weavers of Gaza Refugee Camp
Map of Palestine showing the embroidery areas identified in the book
Ram Allah [Ramallah] thobe side panel strips
Yafa [Jaffa] thobe side panels
Al- Khalil [Hebron] thobe chest panel
Gaza thobe back panel
Bir al-sab’ [Beersheba] thobe side panel