Infographic Fun: Palestinian Embroidery (Part 1)
I was listening to the Palestine Pod(cast), and their speaker, Adnan Barq, mentioned that Palestine is typically mentioned when something bad happens and pointed out that there are a lot of good things about Palestine (i.e., cultural stuff). So I wanted to showcase something good about Palestine and my favorite Palestinian cultural item (aside from food 😋) is Palestinian embroidery. I don’t own a thobe (traditional embroidered dress) because it doesn’t have the same meaning to me that it does for Palestinians, but I do own clothing with smaller pieces of Palestinian embroidery on it because I love it so much.
I found a great study on Palestinian embroidery by Iman and Maha Saca and a collection of photos showing thobes from different regions. There really is too much information to show in one infographic, so I decided to showcase the overall differences between thobes by general region. Even then I think my infographic is too chaotic, but I’m still learning. Palestinian thobes differ in embroidery motifs, type and color of the cloth, length and width of the sleeves, placement of embroidery, etc.
This picture shows all the different regional thobes in one picture, and then the infographic breaks down each style by region.
Image Source: Palestine Remembered
I can’t take credit for the photos, so if you’d like to know where they’re from, click on the links below (please excuse the arbitrary numbering):