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Ethical Holiday Gifts That Spark Conversation & Support Palestine

This holiday season, let your gifts and decorations spark meaningful conversations about justice in Palestine. From fair trade olive oil to handcrafted pieces made by women artisans, every purchase...

10 Ethical Gifts That Give More This Christmas

This Christmas, choose gifts that give back. Our Ethical Holiday Gift Guide highlights ten meaningful, artisan-made Palestinian gifts — from olive oil and olive wood nativities to hand-felted ornam...

10 Ways To Enjoy Your Palestinian Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Palestinian olive oil is more than a beautiful ingredient — it’s a living link to heritage, land, and generations of family farming. Grown on terraced hillsides and hand-harvested with care, this e...

Our Ethical Christmas Gift Guide That Gives Back

This Christmas, give with intention. 🎁 Discover ethical, handmade gifts from Palestine that carry stories of heritage, resilience, and justice. From tatreez embroidery and olive wood carvings to ol...

Special Christmas Gifts: Limited Pieces Available

This Christmas, give gifts that tell a story. From olive-wood cheese boards and hand-made ceramic oil bottles to the long-awaited return of our Arafat keffiyehs, every piece at Handmade Palestine i...

Palestinian Symbols of Resistance & Peace

From the keffiyeh and tatreez embroidery to the olive tree and watermelon, every handmade piece from Palestine tells a story of identity, resilience, and peace. At Handmade Palestine, our artisans ...

Olive Harvest in Palestine: Families, the Land, and the Story Behind Our Virgin Olive Oil

Every autumn, families across Palestine gather beneath ancient olive trees to harvest the fruit that has sustained them for generations. But this year, the olive harvest comes with heartbreak — low...

Meet the Artisan: Mashjar Juthour

Mashjar Juthour isn’t just about planting trees — it’s about preserving Palestinian heritage, sharing traditional knowledge, and connecting communities to the land. Through Handmade Palestine, you ...

Meet Our Artisans - Little Olea Teething Accessories

When our founder, Morgan Totah, couldn’t find a safe teething ring for her baby, she turned to Bethlehem’s olive wood artisans—and Little Olea was born. Today, each nursing necklace and teething ri...

Meet Our Artisans: Zaytouna Jewelry – Silversmiths of Bethlehem

From the olive groves of Bethlehem to hands around the world, Zaytouna Jewelry carries the spirit of Palestine in silver. Each leaf is picked from ancient trees, cast with care, and transformed int...