Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem   [59 x 90 cm]

Design: Hamada Atallah [Al Quds], Al Quds, Palestine
Embroidery: Suhair Handal, Bethlehem; Marcel Rabie, Randa Abu Ghattas, Beit Jala, Palestine

The birth of Jesus of Nazareth in Bethlehem. “And so it was… that Mary gave birth to a son in a stable. She called him Jesus and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger of hay”.

Era: Roman Period (63 BCE—325 CE)

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