Send us Fan Mail 4. PRESERVING PALESTINIAN HISTORY WITH WAFA FROM TATREEZ AND TEA WAFA GHNAIM IS A RESEARCHER, ARCHIVIST, AND THE FACE BEHIND TATREEZ AND TEA (@tatreezandtea). The author of two books, Wafa has been a pioneer in teaching and preserving the art of tatreez and can now be found conducting research at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York C ... Show More
Oct 8
S7E8. Building Kan'an Collective: Community, Design, and Fair Pay with Zaynab
Send us Fan MailMEET ZAYNAB, A TATREEZ ARTIST AND FOUNDER OF KANAAN COLLECTIVE BUILDING COMMUNITY IN THE DMV AREA (@kanaancollective). Half-Palestinian and half-Irish, she grew up partly in Amman, Jordan, after her father's family fled Al-Khalil during the Six-Day War before the ... Show More
43m 23s
Oct 1
S7E7. Temporary Caretaker of a Hundred-Year-Old Thobe with Leilah
Send us Fan MailMEET LEILAH: A MOTHER, EDUCATOR AND PASSIONATE COLLECTOR ABOUT ALL TRADITIONAL PALESTINIAN DRESS AND HISTORY (@leilah_ia). Three generations removed from Palestine, with family scattered across Brazil, Kuwait, Jordan, and Ramallah, she grew up watching her grandmo ... Show More
58m 51s
Sep 3
S7E6. Tasneem with Amneh from Sarafand [Arabic/عربي]
Send us Fan MailIN THIS EPISODE, we welcome Amneh, the artist and embroiderer behind @sarafand, to talk about her journey into tatreez, her large-scale Chest panels of thobe embroidery murals, and the story of her village, Sarafand, that inspired her page name.Amneh shares how a ... Show More
54m 24s
Apr 2025
Tatreez on Stone I Naqsh Collective
<p>With each stitch and surface, Naqsh Collective reimagines the boundaries between craft, architecture, and memory. In this episode, we sit with Nisreen, Nermeen and Shireen Abu Dail, the sisters behind the collective, to reflect on what it means to carry Palestinian identity th ... Show More
38m 58s
Jun 2025
The Woman behind the Wheel - Vera Tamari
<p>From her ceramic sculptures to her time teaching at Birzeit University, Vera Tamari’s work captures the deep ties between culture, resistance, and rootedness. A trailblazer in the Palestinian art scene, Vera was among the first women to exhibit contemporary art in Palestine an ... Show More
50m 36s
Apr 2023
Arab History & Narratives: Reconnecting With the Past Through Art | Mary Ann Peters
Mary Ann Peters talks about her art work and productions that stem from the histories of the Middle East. She uses watercolor, gouache, and walnut ink to create pieces that tell stories.Mary Ann Peters is an artist whose combined studio work, installations, public art projects an ... Show More
1h 4m
Jul 2023
Palestine & The Politics of Seed Preservation | Vivien Sansour
In this episode of Matbakh, we’re joined by Viven Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library. This was a really compelling conversation about the politics of environmentalism, her work through the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, and the link between anxiety and agri ... Show More
1h 5m