Palestine

Palestine is known for tatreez embroidery, olive cultivation, glassblowing and dabke dance.

Textile & dress Nature & herbalism Crafts Food & cooking Music & dance

Knowledge in this place

Palestinian tatreez embroidery

Palestinian tatreez embroidery

Cross-stitch embroidery on the thobe whose motifs identify a woman's home village.

Textile & dress

Olive oil production

Olive oil production

Harvest and pressing of ancient olive groves central to rural life and economy.

Nature & herbalism

Hebron glass and ceramics

Hebron glass and ceramics

Hand-blown coloured glass and painted ceramics produced for generations in Hebron.

Maqluba cuisine

Maqluba cuisine

Upside-down pot of rice, meat and fried vegetables flipped to serve.

Dabke line dance

Dabke line dance

Synchronised line dance performed at weddings and national celebrations.