Panels on the way from Atfaluna and UNRWA embroiderers in Gaza “There are things which exist on this land which make life worth living”. A quote from the famous Palestinian poet …
Jan 2013 Read More →The Bazaar on December 8th
We had a very successful Bazaar on Saturday. There was a constant arrival of visitors throughout the afternoon and almost all our stock was sold. However, there are still items available that …
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Greetings Card
An image of the first history panel by the embroiderers of The Women’s Child Care Society in Beit Jala Bethlehem has been used for our current greetings card (blank). Each card costs …
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How to contribute a panel for the Palestinian History Tapestry
We welcome proposals for ideas about what would make interesting and important images in stitch, but contributions in sketch form or embroidery must be made by Palestinians. As this is …
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We have our first two completed panels in Oxford
The Women’s Child Care Society in Beit Jala Bethlehem have stitched the ©Nativity Story panel measuring 85cm by 50cm. The women who worked on the panel are Suhair Handal, Marcel Rabie, Randa …
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Work has started in Gaza
This panel image has been drawn by Adham Jaber under the supervision of Ibrahim Muhtadi both of whom are artists living in Gaza and work for Atfaluna crafts. The sketch …
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A Visit to Gaza
In September Jan visited two embroidery groups in the Gaza Strip. The first was The Society of Women Graduates. The society was established in 1974 to develop the potential of …
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Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Hilary Wise, a member of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign kindly published an article about the History Tapestry in the summer 2012 edition of the PSC magazine ‘Palestinian News’.
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A second Sample Panel
The Amari Women’s Program Center, Amari Camp, Ramallah are working on the second sample panel ‘Salah el-Din’s arrival in Jerusalem’ on October 2nd 1187
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