Handmade Blog

Why Buy Palestinian Products? The Real Meaning Behind Every Purchase

Every purchase is a choice. Most of the time, that choice is made on the basis of price, quality, convenience, or preference. But sometimes a purchase can be something more: a small but deliberate ...

Two New Shawls, Made by Hand in Palestine

Two new shawls, hand embroidered in Palestine. One in warm beige and green, the other in the sweetest sheer lilac. Each carries the beauty of tatreez — stitch by stitch, made by hand and rooted in ...

The Olive Harvest Is Around the Corner: Join Us or Adopt an Olive Tree

The olive harvest is around the corner at Mashjar Juthour. Join us in the hills of Ramallah this November to harvest, camp, share meals, and spend time on the land — or adopt an olive tree from afa...

Finajeen Coffee: The Taste of Palestinian Hospitality, and This Season's Subscription Box!

A small cup with a big meaning. Discover finajeen ahwa, Palestinian Arabic coffee and a cherished tradition of hospitality, welcome and remembrance. Explore our coffee cups, scoop and Palestine sub...

Palestinian Olive Wood: The Ancient Craft Behind Every Piece

The olive tree is the oldest living symbol of Palestine. It has been cultivated in Palestinian soil for millennia, planted and tended across countless generations of families who pressed its fruit ...

Palestinian Gifts Guide: Meaningful Gifts Made by Palestinian Artisans

There is a particular kind of gift that does more than sit on a shelf or fill a drawer. A gift that carries a story. A gift that connects the person giving it and the person receiving it to somethi...

He Painted Home: Remembering Sliman Mansour

Palestinians gathered in Birzeit on 26 August to say goodbye to Sliman Mansour, the celebrated artist whose paintings became powerful expressions of Palestinian memory, identity, dignity and resist...

MEET THE ARTISANS | Palestinian Galassia Micro Mosaic Jewelry: A Handmade Tradition

Discover Palestinian micro mosaic jewelry, a handmade tradition combining natural stone, intricate designs, and generations of Palestinian craftsmanship, in this Meet The Artisans blog.

Nabulsi Soap and Palestinian Olive Oil Soap: What Makes It Special

Some products exist simply to serve a function. And then some products carry within them an entire history of a land, a city, a craft tradition, and a people who have refused to let that tradition ...

5 of Our Favourite Tatreez Stitches + Our Favourite Embroidered Pieces

Discover 5 beloved Palestinian Tatreez stitches and motifs (+ an extra 5!), from traditional Fallahi cross-stitch and the Star of Bethlehem to floral designs, Tahriri and the Gaza coffee bean. In o...