Description
Beautiful hand embroidered purse on black fabric in the cypress design embroidery on both sides with zip fastening, rounded edge and a loop on either sidein various colours.
Size approx. 13cm x 9cm x 4cm
The Melkite Palestinian Embroidery Workshop in Ramallah, began in 1988 as a response to the desperate need of families at the outbreak of the first Intifada. Women suddenly became breadwinners as men were imprisoned, disabled or deported. Palestinian handcrafts are a symbol of the people and their striving for a normal way of life with a national identity, free of the Israeli occupation of their land. Making beautiful handcrafts gives people dignity and helps them psychologically to survive while living in extremely distressing circumstances.