A mother of a teething baby started this great line of organic olive wood teething rings and nursing necklaces in Palestine. The wood is carved bead by bead in Bethlehem, then polished and oiled with cold pressed, extra virgin, organic olive oil and strung with beads that are hand crocheted by women in the village of Deir Ghassaneh.
A drive from Ramallah to Bethlehem should take 45 minutes. Last weekend it took four hours. Yesterday, it took five. We left Ramallah to attend a funeral, but spent hours waiting at checkpoints, wa...
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, 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 ...