I am in awe of the gorgeous clothing worn by these Palestinian girls attending the opening of a school in Khan Younis, Gaza. I looked for additional information and images, including in a large gallery by Getty Images, but could find no other details. The designs must be traditional, and perhaps are ceremonial to some extent.
Photo (cropped for size) credit to Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images, via The Guardian's "Week around the world in 20 pictures."
Beautiful indeed! A quick google for "Palestinian school dress" brought me to this Etsy page with similar attire, where the terms thobe and tatreez are mentioned, which turn out to refer to the type of garment and the style of embroidery, respectively: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawb;
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Apparently my earlier comment didn't come through (too many links I guess), but the style of embroidery is called tatreez: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatreez
ReplyDeleteYou're right - I found it in my spam folder moments ago. Thank you for the detective work.
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