Palestinian embroidery, or tatreez (تطريز), is a centuries-old art form preserved and passed on to the next generation through oral history. The Tatreez Institute is an educational arts initiative focused on the preservation, documentation and research of Palestinian embroidery traditions in the diaspora. The Tatreez Institute accepts traditional Palestinian, Syrian, Jordanian and Lebanese dress and embroidery donations for preservation, documentation and research purposes. Financial donations are stewarded by Wafa Ghnaim by way of rescuing dresses from non-Indigenous sources in North America and Europe.