Also known as Tatreez & Tea, the Tatreez Institute (TI) was founded by Wafa Ghnaim in 2016 to support the preservation, documentation and research of Palestinian, Syrian and Jordanian embroidery, history and dressmaking traditions in the diaspora. The TI is dedicated to preserving intangible cultural heritage and preventing cultural erasure, stewarding a collection of over 180 traditional dresses and headdresses from the region that were rescued from dumpsters, estates, households, and vintage shops around the world.