Embroidery Enjoyment - Tatreez
Bring the whole family to try Palestinian embroidery and let your voice sound loud and clear with needle and thread!
Visitor information
When
Sunday 15/03, 12/04 and 17/05Duration
Each time from 1 PM - 5 PMLanguage(s)
Dutch, English and Arabic
Practical information
- For free (without reservation)
- Maximum 10 persons at the same time. We work with a rotation system. First come, first served.
As part of the Embroidering Palestine exhibition, textile artist Fatima Abbadi and her Embroidery team will take you on a monthly journey into Palestinian embroidery – tatreez in Arabic. Tatreez is so much more than craftmanship, it’s a story about Palestinian identity. Although the cross-stitch is the most common technique, women used to employ a wide range of decorative techniques, as they still do today. Inspiration for embroidery motifs came from everyday life: plants, animals, architecture and political events.
Are you curious to learn more about this? Can you already embroider, or not at all yet? Just join us at the table. Watch, listen and embroider along on a collective canvas, composed of Palestinian embroidery stitches and characteristic motifs – which you can also find in the exhibition. The end result is a tribute to the Palestinian culture, embroidering together threads of resistance into a unified expression. A silent form of cultural resistance, in which everyone's voice is heard loud and clear.
Children are also welcome! A cheerful kids corner full of coloring, crafts and play fun awaits!
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