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Traditional Palestinian Costume: Lecture and Book Signing
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
30 November 2011
The Palestine Center
Washington, DC
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"Traditional Palestinian Costume: Lecture and Book Signing"
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Mrs. Hanan Karaman Munayyer
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Mrs. Munayyer's research reflects the historical and cultural richness of Palestine and the Arab world through costumes and embroidery. It presents the most exhaustive and up-to-date study of the origins of Palestinian embroidery and costume — from antiquity through medieval Arab textile arts to the present. Also, it documents the evolution of costume and the textile arts in Palestine in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries region by region. Her meticulously documented work commences with scholarly exploration into art history, archaeology, the interpretation of ancient patterns, and the history of costumes and craft in the Middle East over the last 4,000 years. It includes extensive research and the culling of museum resources and publications from around the world.
The book, Traditional Palestinian Costumes: Origins and Evolution, features over 700 beautiful high-resolution photographs of rare traditional Palestinian embroideries from all regions of Palestine, including Galilee, Nablus and Jenin, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Lydd and Ramleh, Al-Khalil, Gaza and Al-Naqab. Also, the book addresses modern Palestinian and Arab embroidery, jewelry and accessories and art.
Hanan Karaman Munayyer, a Palestinian-American, is co-founder of the Palestinian Heritage Foundation. She has researched and lectured on Palestinian textile arts for over twenty years. Mrs. Munayyer is also a retired molecular biologist who worked in pharmaceutical research for more than three decades.