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2022/10/12 - 2023/01/28
Labour of Love - Embroidering Palestinian History
QM Gallery Katara
Part of Qatar-MENASA 2022 Year of Culture
Labour of Love: Embroidering Palestinian History will take visitors on a journey of discovery of tatreez embroidery as woven into the social, economic, and political fabric of Palestinian society, through different historical periods.
The exhibition elucidates the symbols of traditional embroidered Palestinian dress (thobe), and explores tatreez through the lenses of gender, labour, commodification, and class.
The exhibition thus traces the shift of tatreez from a personal practice, made with love, to national symbol, and onto a product circulating in the global marketplace.
The exhibition is curated by Baha Jubeh, Collections Manager at the Palestinian Museum, and draws from collections of Qatar Museums and the Palestinian Museum.
10th Anniversary
A decade goes by quickly when you’re greeting the world.
This is the 10th Year of Culture. So many new ideas and collaborations have been created over the past decade from Qatar-Japan in 2012 until now, when for the first time, we're partnering with an entire region - MENASA. Here’s to many more years of connecting with old friends and friends to be.