Palestinian embroidery, or “Tatreez”, is a vital cultural practice that embodies the history, identity, and resilience of the Palestinian people. Recognised by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, Tatreez dates back over 3,000 years to the Canaanite era and has evolved into a profound symbol of Palestinian heritage and resistance.

Exhibition of Palestinian posters, animations and films reveals the many facets of vital campaigning and strategic messaging for Palestine. Palestinian artists, including those who laid the foundations for Palestinian modern art, respond to the war on Gaza in meaningful, expressive poster art never before exhibited in London.

Palestinian embroidery, or “Tatreez”, is a vital cultural practice that embodies the history, identity, and resilience of the Palestinian people. Recognised by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, Tatreez dates back over 3,000 years to the Canaanite era and has evolved into a profound symbol of Palestinian heritage and resistance.

A public conversation presented by Theatre for Everybody (Gaza) and Az Theatre (London) 

Palestinian embroidery, or “Tatreez”, is a vital cultural practice that embodies the history, identity, and resilience of the Palestinian people. Recognised by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, Tatreez dates back over 3,000 years to the Canaanite era and has evolved into a profound symbol of Palestinian heritage and resistance.

The evening will comprise a showing of Helena Aksentijevic’s film about the group "Holocaust Survivors and Descendants Against the Genocide", a group which attends every march and other events supporting Palestine.

Following the film there will be a discussion between the films subjects and Luca Salice, Chair of Westminster PSC. This will be open to questions from the audience.

SPEAKERS

Art was and still is perceived as a threat to Israeli authorities. In the West Bank and Gaza in the 1970s and 1980s, there were no official galleries, and artists showed their work in schools, churches, and town halls. The popularity of these exhibitions among ordinary Palestinians also drew an unexpected audience — the IDF. Artists have always been a front in cultural resistance. Forced to apply for permits to exhibit work, painters and sculptors found their artwork censored. Israeli soldiers even conducted studio visits.