Tatreez: The Language of Palestinian Embroidery

Guest lecture by Wafa Ghnaim. Palestinian embroidery, or tatreez in Arabic, is a rich artistic tradition that has been passed down by mothers to their daughter through generations. In 2021, the United Nations’ cultural agency (UNESCO) added tatreez to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.Wafa Ghnaim is a Palestinian dress historian, researcher, author, archivist, curator, educator and embroideress.Wafa is the Curator for the Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington, D.C. and Senior Research Fellow for The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art.Image of The Gardens Thobe (1996)