15. FALLING IN LOVE WITH AND THROUGH TATREEZ WITH QADRIA
QADRIA IS AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY GRADUATE STUDENT AND MEMBER OF SJP ON THE GROUND (@q.munajia). Currently, Qadria is a third culture kid who found grounding practices through tatreez that reshaped her connection to Palestinian identity through the ancestral healing of tatreez.
From the Emirates to the US to the Philippines and back to the US, tatreez has been the thread connecting Qadria to her identity, to community, and more importantly, to herself.
Tatreez is love for Qadria in so many ways, and you’ll just have to tune in to hear all the forms that love is manifested through this beloved artform…and we can assure you that there is a romantic version that you won’t want to miss!
You’ll hear about:
>> 1:14: Qadria’s tatreez journey
>> 11:23: A tatreez love story
>> 13:48: How Qadria began to see tatreez as a form of meditation
>> 19:25: Connecting to ancestral villages and identity through tatreez
>> 23:28: Qadria’s tatreez projects
>> 27:00: Qadria’s thobe
>> 31:18: Palestinian and Philippino textiles connecting people to traditions
>> 34:49: Finding community through tatreez
>> 42:10: Using tatreez as a form of activism
>> 47:08: Qadria’s life lessons from tatreez
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Links mentioned in this episode:
>> Acrylic on canvas 100 ×75 cm of a thobe (ثوب قرية السوافير والقرى المجاورة) by Maher Naji
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