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High school students dress in traditional Palestinian clothing to protest dress code discrimination ‘Gen Z isn’t to be played with.’ V Roth. Posted on November 13 2023 3:53 pm CST ...
The Palestinian keffiyeh has been at the center of violent attacks in the U.S. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with dress historian Wafa Ghnaim about the keffiyeh's legacy and significance for Palestinians.
On the occasion of the Palestinian Traditional Dress and Heritage Day, Palestinian models display on Monday traditional dresses in a fashion show held in the West Bank city of Al-Bireh.
The traditional scarf, worn across many parts of the Middle East, has come to be identified in particular as a symbol of Palestinian identity and resistance.
Tlaib—the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress—donned her embroidered red-and-black thobe, a traditional Palestinian dress, for the ceremony, laying her left hand on a Koran ...
The new congresswoman from Michigan wore a thobe, a traditional Palestinian dress with elaborate embroidery, to her swearing-in, and her supporters posted photos of themselves in their own.
Traditional Palestinian embroidery is on UNESCO’s list of cultural heritage. Now there is a push to revive interest in the craft among younger generations. By Raja Abdulrahim Reporting from ...
When U.S. Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib takes the oath of office along with the other members of the 116th Congress on Jan. 3, she will be wearing a traditional Palestinian thobe, or dress, made by her ...
In a workshop in an infamous refugee camp in Beirut, Palestinian women practice an ancient art form — as a livelihood, and also as therapy. The designs come from a homeland most have never seen.
Wafa Ghnaim, a researcher and curator specializing in the history of Palestinian clothing, told CNN until the 1920s, keffiyehs — also called hattahs or shamaghs — were worn mostly by nomadic ...