This is a Hybrid Event, meaning you can attend virtually via Zoom or, in-person at the Palestine Museum US, 1764 Litchfield Turnpike, Woodbridge, CT, USA. You may register either way and can later change your mode of attendance any time. Doors open at 1:00 PM; the program begins at 2:00 PM US EDT; 21:00 PM Palestine Time, 20:00 Europe.

Please join us for the opening of a special exhibit about the Palestinian thobe featuring 20 thobes selected from the Museum’s textile collection, several embroidery pieces, artwork depicting thobes and tatreez, and several photographs of diaspora Palestinian women clad tin a variety of new styles of thobes. Featured artwork includes works by the following artists: Renate Ghannam, Samar Husseini, Maher & Irina Naji, Halima Aziz, Maysaloun Faraj, and Tabea Marie Kerschbaumer.

Hanan Karaman Munayyer

Hanan Karaman Munayyer

Hanan Karaman Munayyer, a Palestinian-American, is co-founder and president of the Palestinian Heritage Foundation. She has researched and lectured on Palestinian textile arts for over twenty years. Hanan is also the author of Traditional Palestinian Costume: Origins and Evolution, a book that is considered the ultimate authority on Palestinian throbes and embroidered textiles.

At this event, Hanan will (virtually) review the twenty thobes in the exhibit identifying the style and origin of each thobe.