Friday, January 4, 2019

Codebreaker! From the initiator of the marvelous #TweetYourThobe Twitter/Facebook campaign, Susan Muaddi Darraj:

Susan Muaddi Darraj,  "Wondering what all the symbols mean on Palestinian thobes? The 2nd half of Leila ElKhalidi's book has a "dictionary"!..."





Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on the significance of wearing a Palestinian thobe:

"As a young girl, I watched my mother hand stitch thobes while sitting on the floor with a lamp at her side. She would make the small designs of flowers and different shapes. Just thinking about it brings up so many memories of my mother and how proud she was of being Palestinian."   

NPR: Congresswoman Tlaib Inspires Palestinian-Americans With A Dress And A Hashtag

Institute for Middle East Understanding ( IMEU )

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