Send us Fan Mail S2E9. THE ART OF QUIET REBELLION WITH SAMAR SAMAR HEJAZI IS A VISUAL ARTIST, TATREEZ ARTIST AND TEACHER (@TATREEZ.SAMAR). Samar shares her journey of finding identity through visual arts and, ultimately, through the art of tatreez. She reflects on how it became a medium for understanding and expressing themes of home, land, and nation, and d ... 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
Sep 2025
The Brush that Carried a Homeland - Sliman Mansour (Arabic Episode)
<p>Few artists have captured the soul of Palestine the way Sliman Mansour has. His paintings featuring olive trees, stone terraces, mud, and the steadfast women of the land have carried Palestine across generations and borders. </p><p>In this conversation, Mansour looks back on h ... Show More
50m 42s
Oct 2020
#291 Sharon Walters: Art as Therapy
Welcome back to Ctrl Alt Delete, my guest today is Sharon Walters: a London-based artist, speaker & freelance educator who creates hand-assembled collages celebrating Black women. The series, entitled 'Seeing Ourselves' explores under-representation in many arenas in particular, ... Show More
27m 12s
Feb 2025
Animating Resistance | Amer Shomali (Part 1)
<p>From his acclaimed film <i>The Wanted 18</i> to his multimedia art featuring the iconic <i>Leila Khaled </i>and the <i>Visit Palestine</i> poster, Amer Shomali takes us through his creative journey with all its twists and turns. In this episode, we explore how he weaves humor, ... Show More
44m 11s