The tatreez circle and workshops

The Tatreez Circle is an Instagram page that celebrates the art of Palestinian embroidery, or tatreez, as an integral part of Palestinian culture, history and identity.

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In the Palestinian embroidery workshops, I teach the history and cultural context of embroidery prior to 1948 from various regions in Palestine and how it changes after 1948 in form and meaning. I discuss how different artists reinterpret tatreez today and after a demonstration on how to cross stitch, everyone attending gets to cross stitch a motif themselves. By the end of the workshop, those who attend leave with a new understanding of the meaning of the motifs, the history and culture that they stem from, and a new skill that they can then use and develop.