Press
For media inquiries, please email wafa@tatreezandtea.com. Wafa Ghnaim is a Palestinian dress historian, researcher, archivist, writer, curator, educator and embroiderer who is currently an Interdisciplinary Research Fellow at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Curator for The Museum of the Palestinian People. She specializes in historic Palestinian, Syrian and Jordanian dress, including styles worn by men and women.
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2024
AlJazeera English, The Take: The last keffiyeh factory in Palestine. 11 January, 2024. [Web]
Arab America Foundation, Announcement: 40 Under 40 Awardees, Class of 2024. 27 March, 2024 [Web]
National Endowment for the Arts, Celebrate National Arab American Heritage Month with the Arts! 01 April, 2024 [Web]
NPR, Here & Now. Preserving Palestinian culture through the traditional embroidery art form of tatreez. 15 February, 2024. [Web] [Podcast]
2023
Atmos Magazine, Palestinian Tatreez: Embroidering Resistance and Remembrance. 2 March, 2023. [Web]
BBC, The 'new Bayeux tapestries' revealing hidden histories. 14 March, 2023. [Web]
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, WAFA GHNAIM: TEACHING PALESTINIAN LIBERATION THROUGH TATREEZ. All Things Palestinian Canadian Podcast, 8 March, 2023. [Web]
CNN, The keffiyeh explained: How this scarf became a Palestinian national symbol. 28 November, 2023. [Web] [PDF]
Cosmopolitan Middle East, This Palestinian Barbie is reclaiming her heritage with every stitch: A love letter to Palestinian embroidery. 9, August 2023. [Web] [PDF]
GQ Middle East, Tatreez Inheritance: An Homage to Palestinian Embroidery and Textiles at US-based Museum of the Palestinian People. 7 April, 2023. [Web] [PDF]
Middle East Policy Council, 40 Under 40 Awardees. [Web]
NPR, All Things Considered. How the keffiyeh became a symbol for Palestinian liberation. 4 December, 2023. [Web] [Podcast] [MP3]
Observer, Wafa Ghnaim’s ‘Tatreez Inheritance’ Showcases the Richness of Palestinian Embroidery. 15 May, 2023. [Web]
The Verge, Stitching together an archive of an endangered Palestinian art. 21, August 2023. [Web] [PDF]
Vogelsang-Eastwood, Gillian. A Palestinian embroidery recently added to the TRC Collection and what it can tell. Textile Research Centre, Leiden University, 28 January, 2023. [Web] [PDF]
Vogue Arabia, The Meaning Behind the Palestinian Fabric on Vogue Arabia’s November 2023 Cover. November, 2023. [Web] [PDF]
Vogue Arabia, الفلسطينية وفاء غنيم تقدم شكل آخر من أشكال النضال - Palestinian Wafa Ghoneim presents another form of struggle. 30 October, 2023. [Web] [PDF - Arabic] [PDF - English]
Vox, How the keffiyeh became a symbol of the Palestinian cause. 6 December, 2023. [Web] [PDF]
2022
“Continuing Textile Traditions of the Arab World”, Sponsored by Weaving A Real Peace (WARP) with Wafa Ghnaim, Dr. Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwoord of Textile Research Centre, and Dr. Reem El Mutwalli of The Zay Initiative. [Web]
Middle East Eye. The Palestinian woman hoping to preserve tatreez embroidery for future generations, 5 August 2022. [Web] [PDF]
2021
Anderson, Shelley. Stitching an Identity. Textile Research Centre, Leiden University, 5 July, 2021. [Web] [PDF]
Gal-Dem, How one woman is keeping the politically charged and defiant art of Palestinian embroidery alive, 14 June 2021. [Web] [PDF]
Museum of the Palestinian People, “Tatreez & Me”, recorded on 21 March 2021. [Full Video]
Vogue US, Wafa Ghnaim Uses the Traditional Craft of Tatreez to Preserve and Share Palestinian History, 1 June 2021. [Web] [PDF]
2020
Beautiful News. This tatreez artist is stitching unity for the Palestinian diaspora, 10 January, 2020. [Web] [PDF]
Martin, Jordana Munk. My Palestinian Skin, A Dream. Tatter Journal, 1: Isolation, December 2020. [Web] [PDF]
Mustafah, Sahar. How I Spent My Lockdown, Female First, September 2020. [Web] [PDF]
Tileva, Toni. A Spotlight on the DC Palestinian Film & Arts Festival, District Fray, 16 October 2020. [Web] [PDF]
World Beat Wednesdays, “Palestinian Embroidery with Wafa Ghnaim of Tatreez & Tea”, lecture conducted on 1 July 2020. [Full Video]
2019
Cheslow, Daniella. Congresswoman Tlaib Inspires Palestinian-Americans With A Dress And A Hashtag, NPR, 4 January 2019. [Web][PDF]
Daghlian, Martha. Warp, weft, and in between and beyond, Oregon Arts Watch, 30 October 2019. [Web] [PDF]
NowThis: #MyPalestinianSitty, feature Wafa Ghnaim’s grandmother, on 18 August 2019. [Full Video]
The Jerusalem Fund & Palestine Center, “The Language of Palestinian Tatreez Embroidery with Wafa Ghnaim”, recorded on 16 May 2019. [Full Video]
Zraick, Karen. As Rashida Tlaib Is Sworn In, Palestinian-Americans Respond with #TweetYourThobe, The New York Times, 3 January 2019. [Web] [PDF]
2018
Bardi, Ariel Sophia. Stitching a Future for an Age-Old Palestinian Embroidery Tradition, Atlas Obscura, 4 December 2018. [Web] [PDF]
Dave, Edward. ME Week’s ‘Tatreez and Tea’ weaves students together for Palestinian tradition, The Highlander, 24 April 2018. [Web] [PDF]
El-Amine, Zein. Shay Wa Nana, WPFW. 9 May 2018.
Gharad, Amin. Author, Artist Wafa Ghnaim Shares Centuries-Old Art of Tatreez, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. October 2018. [Web] [PDF]
Hawksley, Rupert. Palestinian Arts and Crafts That Tell A Story of the Ages. The National, 19 August 2018. [Web]
Morgan, Marwa. “التطريز الفلسطيني .. حرفة وهوية تتناقلها الأجيال”, BBC Arabic. 11 April 2018. [Web]
National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Profile: Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim. [Web]
National Endowment for the Arts, “NEA National Heritage Tribute Video: Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim”. Produced by Alicia Rose, released on 25 September 2018. [Full Video]
Swindler, Samantha. Palestinian Embroidery is Oregon Artist’s Link to the Past, The Sunday Oregonian, 28 July 2018. [Web] [PDF]
Vermette, Danielle. A Life, Stitched in Time, Oregon Arts Watch, 11 July 2018. [Web] [PDF]
2017 and older
Abuelezam, Nadia. Episode 11: Wafa, Missiles, Wheat and Gardens, Palestinians Podcast, 28 November 2016. [Web]
Dabaie, Marguerite. Keeping tradition alive in the diaspora, The Electronic Intifada, 26 July 2017. [Web] [PDF]
Institute for Palestine Studies, “Preserving the Historical Record, Embroidery Traditions of Palestinian Women”. Interview by Omar Baddar on 21 March 2013. [Full Video]
Oregon Folklife Network Interview, “Honoring Oregon’s Living Cultural Treasures”. Released on 12 January 2016. [Full Video] [Excerpt]
Spitaleri, Ellen. Milwaukie High School grad Wafa Ghnaim reveals Palestinian history through embroidery, Portland Tribune, 14 September 2016. [PDF]
World Affairs Council of Oregon, “Teach the Middle East” lecture, 1 December 2009. [Full Video]