Clockwise from top left: the traditional dresses of different cities of Palestine: Ramallah's costume in 1935; a Bedouin in the 1920s; the city coat of Jerusalem in 1930; a child in a traditional Bethlehem dress; at the GUPW headquarters in Cairo; two motifs called moon of Bethlehem and the road to Egypt
source: The Art of Palestinian Embroidery: the Migration of Symbols

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