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Tatreez & Tea: Embroidery and Storytelling in the Palestinian Diaspora

Wafa Ghnaim will be presenting her digital book Tatreez & Tea: Embroidery and Storytelling in the Palestinian Diaspora.

Wafa and her sisters grew up learning the time honored folk art and tradition of embroidery from their mother, Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim. Researching over 30 years worth of oral history interviews, recorded demonstrations, lectures, journal entries and photographs from her and her mother, Wafa documents, decodes and preserves the patterns, meanings and oral history of over a dozen traditional Palestinian embroidery designs passed on for generations between women in her family.

Thanks to the generous funding from the Brooklyn Arts Council, Wafa and Feryal are hosting a two-part reading series sharing excerpts from the book. Each session covers a traditional Palestinian embroidery design published in the book, discussing the design history, oral history and meaning of each motif. Come to one session, or come to both!











When: Sat., Nov. 5, 2016 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Where: Brooklyn Public Library - Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
718-230-2100
Price: Free
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Wafa Ghnaim will be presenting her digital book Tatreez & Tea: Embroidery and Storytelling in the Palestinian Diaspora.

Wafa and her sisters grew up learning the time honored folk art and tradition of embroidery from their mother, Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim. Researching over 30 years worth of oral history interviews, recorded demonstrations, lectures, journal entries and photographs from her and her mother, Wafa documents, decodes and preserves the patterns, meanings and oral history of over a dozen traditional Palestinian embroidery designs passed on for generations between women in her family.

Thanks to the generous funding from the Brooklyn Arts Council, Wafa and Feryal are hosting a two-part reading series sharing excerpts from the book. Each session covers a traditional Palestinian embroidery design published in the book, discussing the design history, oral history and meaning of each motif. Come to one session, or come to both!

Buy tickets/get more info now