I knew I wanted a dress that my husband-to-be would look at and say, ‘She looks extraordinary,’” Abedin tells Vogue of the ...

Leena Sobeih created her wedding corset and skirt, featuring tatreez, or traditional Palestinian cross-stitch.

There are lesser-known but deeply symbolic aspects of Palestinian culture such as the traditional embroidered dresses called ‘thobes’. The colours of the threads of each stitch connect ...

Israa Alsaafin's face lights up as she drapes her silky thobe — a traditional Palestinian embroidered dress — onto a chair for her former students to admire. The four women compliment its soft ...

Israa Alsaafin's face lights up as she drapes her silky thobe — a traditional Palestinian embroidered dress — onto a chair for her former students to admire. The four women compliment its soft pink ...

“Tatreez is a cross-stitch embroidery that Palestinian women use on their dresses,” Hussaini said. “Some of my dresses with Tatreez have been passed down through generations from my ...

For these women, their trade — traditional Palestinian embroidery, called tatreez ... "We recently sewed a wedding dress for a young woman in America." ...

"We recently sewed a wedding dress for a young woman in America ... Hanan Zarura shows off a Palestinian embroidered thobe, a traditional garment worn in the Arab world. "There was a fence ...