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Hind El-Arabi
Near East The Palestinian Territories
Year(s) attended: 2009, 2010
Sulafa Embroidery Shop/project of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
Embroidery
Traditionally it has been very important for Palestinian villagers to assure that their daughters are acquainted with embroidery skills and techniques. By the age of ten, most girls have fully mastered the skills and can begin the finely detailed panels for their trousseau garments. The creation of valuable wedding costumes is, to this day, a source of great pride for Palestinian women. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency runs a self-supporting embroidery program which employs over 500 refugee women in the Gaza Strip to produce articles to sell at the Sulafa Emboridery Shop, helping preserve valuable traditions and increasing family incomes.
