Palestinian embroidery exhibition to highlight the national struggle of Palestinian women

The Palestinian Museum inaugurated last May 25, an exhibition named, ‘Streaks of Threads: the Palestinian Embroidery in its Political Context’ at Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture in Beirut. The show which is the first for the Museum outside the Palestinian territories will stay open until July 30. The original concept goes back to the late Leila Mikdadi Kattan renowned for her charity works in support of the Palestinian cause and Palestinian institutions and who worked hard to restore and revive the traditional Palestinian dress embroidery. The exhibition covered numerous creative works for Wadad Kawar and Malak Husseini with emphasis on the customary fashion of the Palestinian towns and villages that most reflect the historical roots and steadfastness of the Palestinian people to their land, despite all the attempts by the Israeli occupation to steal their heritage. The show also included paintings and artworks portraying the history and culture of Palestine before the Naqba in 1948. In this respect, Al Akhbar Lebanese daily maintained that the Palestinian embroidery cannot be interpreted outside the framework of the Palestinian women’s struggle. At the outbreak of the First Palestinian Intifada in the eighties of the past century, the newspaper said, the national flag was safely persevered in the traditional Palestinian dress, which prompted the Israeli authorities to unwaveringly campaign against its legacy. (Al Akhbar, June 7, 2016)