I must've been 9 or 10 when I first learned tatreez. I have a vivid memory of sitting on the porch, outside our family's home in Jordan, with Teta, my grandmother, helping me with my inexplicable ...

In Palestine, the embroidery of patterns using specific colours is called tatreez. The word means embroidery in Arabic but has come to represent the Palestinian style. Hanan K Munayyer ...

The Palestinian style of embroidery — called tatreez — is the centerpiece of the dress, designed and stitched to represent Barkawi’s heritage and also her personal identity and story.

Now, through Tatreez Inheritance, Ghnaim is educating new audiences on the legacy of Palestinian embroidery in the United States owing to a Palestinian diaspora of over 255,000 people.

Tatreez is a traditional Palestinian embroidery art form visible in a lot of Palestinian clothing and rugs. It combines colorful thread with common motifs found in Palestinian culture ...