Qatar Museum Authority Gallery — Local services in Doha

Gallery in Katara Cultural Village, close to the amphitheater and the golden mosque. During the World Cup Qatar 2022, it was exhibiting “LABOUR OF LOVE: EMBROIDERING PALESTINIAN HISTORY” It was about fashion and women in Palestine. Below the description of the exhibition (extracted from a picture): “Palestinian folk fashion is a catalyst for exploring the social history of Palestine as a whole, not solely the history associated with women's work. Through the centring of women's labour within this narrative, Palestinian embroidery (tatreez) is woven into the society's social, economic, and political fabric across the different historical stages that produced and continue to produce it. Thus, tatreez itself documents and narrates changes across time. In the Palestinian context, tatreez is regarded as an artefact that bears witness to stages of social, political, cultural, and economic transformation. We, therefore, find tatreez in every Palestinian home, carried with Palestinians to every corner of the Earth. Labour of Love unravels the symbols of the embroidered Palestinian dress (thobe), exploring tatreez through the lenses of gender, labour, commodity, and class. In a process demonstrating different stages of modern Palestinian history, the exhibition traces the shift of tatreez from personal practice, made with love, to a symbol of national heritage, and later, to a product circulating in the global...

I attended a great exhibition (#SkateGirlsOfKabul) which had also a skateboarding free area that was great to relax with the small kid (probably too early for a photo exhibition LOL). Everyone was so helpful, really impressed. Keep up with the great work and see...

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