TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kawar, Widad Kamel
AU  - Nasir, Tania
ED  - Widad Kawar Collection of Palestinian and Arab Costumes
ED  - YWCA Council of Jordan
TI  - Palestinian Embroidery: : Traditional "Fallahi" Cross-Stitch
SN  - 9953441944
PY  - 2003/// (2nd Ed.)
CY  - بيروت الصناعية؛ 
PB  - المؤسسة العربية للدراسات و النشر؛ 
KW  - GR420-426 Folklore- By Subject-  Costume, jewelry
KW  - Cross Stitch.
KW  - Majdal Weavers.
KW  - Traditional embroidery.
KW  - Palestine
KW  - فلسطين
KW  - Ramallah
KW  - رام الله
KW  - Ghazza
KW  - Gaza
KW  - غزّه
KW  - Hebron
KW  - الخليل
KW  - Jaffa/Yafa
KW  - يافا
KW  - Beersheba
KW  - بئر شيبا
N1  - High res images of Palestinian traditional embroidery stitches, patterns and designs, from the embroidery centers in Palestine Jaffa/Yafa (Haifa), Ramallah, Ghazza (Gaza), Al-Khalil (Hebron), Bi'r al Sab (Beersheba) and Sina (Sinai). Widad Kamel Kawar and Tania Tamari Nasir, in co-operation with Iman Assali Dajani, Hala Tomeh Ibrahim and Farideh Saleh Mayer.
N2  - A group of Palestinian women interested in traditional embroidery, an integral part and expression of their heritage, became acutely aware of the drastic changes in the new embroideries appearing in their country during the last decade. The authentic patterns, the legacy of their ancestors, were being mixed with acquired European patterns, and the young generation of embroiderers was losing touch with its own national patterns and designs. At the same time, the traditional patterns were being assumed by other ethnic groups as their own and this assumption posed a threat to the unique Palestinian identity.  The need to preserve the traditional patterns compelled this group of Palestinian women to document the intricate, rich, traditional patterns. They organized to meet this challenge and now present this publication to provide a documented source of reference for the old Palestinian patterns and a guide for embroiderers who wish to reproduce them
ER  -