Refugee Cultural HeritagePalestinian women's clothing
Title Palestinian women's clothing
Contributor Sālim, Husām (photographer)
Editor Ghathīth, ‘Alāʾ
Year(s) 2019-03-03
Type Image
Rights Holder Swansea City Opera/AUB Libraries, All rights reserved.
Subject(s) Woman embroideries
Traditional clothes
Collection Refugee Cultural Heritage
Note(s) Palestinian women's clothing are made of various materials and fabrics like wool, poplin, cotton, silk. The place of manufacture varies from Palestinian manufacturers and others that are imported from Eastern and Western countries such as Japan, Germany, Britain, etc .. As for their usage, some are plain and some are mbroidered, colored clothing classified by sex and age, male or female, young or old. They are worn according to the occasions : white or colored for joy and black and dark for melancholy and grief.