Stitching the Intifada by Rachel Dedman Archival Menhem is an adaptive designer

Menhem is an adaptive designer who understood early on the value of design beyond craft and technology

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Stitching the Intifada by Rachel Dedman Archival Menhem is an adaptive designerTatreez elaborate hand embroidery is an ancient Palestinian craft characterised by remarkable beauty and complexity. Beginning with an introduction to the regional diversity of historic Palestinian dress, Rachel Dedman traces the politicisation of embroidery after the Nakba of 1948. From its evolution into a symbol of the nation, to its powerful presence during the First Intifada, and reimagination by contemporary artists, tatreez in Palestine