The Palestinian Museum permanent collection

Beit Dajan Thobe

A thobe (dress) from the area of Beit Dajan, Yaffa. It is made of black linen and cotton and embroidered with primarily red silk threads with a Fallahi (peasant) cross stitch. The chest panel of the thobe is adorned with heavy tatreez (embroidery) made up of geometric shapes and the pendant motif bordered by the cypress shape, whereas its collar has a tatreez of manajil (sickles) motifs.

Al-Safiriyya Thobe

A thobe (dress) from the area of Al-Safiriyya, Jaffa. It is made of black linen and cotton and embroidered with silk threads with Fallahi (peasant) cross stitch. The chest panel of the thobe is adorned with heavy tatreez (embroidery) of geometric and plant shapes. As for the sleeves and the back of the chest panel (the upper back neckline), they are made of red silk and embroidered with plant and geometric shapes and the mountains motif. The sleeves have a tatreez (embroidery) of plant shapes like roses and the bird motif, while the cuffs are embroidered with various geometric shapes.

Ghabani Malak Thobe

A Ghabani thobe (dress) from Jerusalem. It is made of Syrian cotton fabric of golden silk threads and embroidered with primarily red silk threads and gilded qasab (metallic couching cord) with a Tahriri stitch. The chest panel of the thobe is embroidered with geometric shapes like circles, and part of the panel is made of purple velvet fabric that has a tareez (embroidery) of the bird motif. The shoulders are made of red silk (heremzi) fabric while the back of the chest panel (the upper back neckline) bears no embroidery.

Ghabani Thobe

A Ghabani thobe (dress) from Lifta and Jerusalem villages. It is made of Syrian cotton fabric of golden silk threads adorned in the shapes of roses and embroidered with primarily red silk threads and gilded qasab (metallic couching cord) with a Tahriri stitch. The chest panel of the thobe is embroidered with geometric and plant shapes like roses, while the collar is embroidered with manajil (sickles) motif. The shoulders and the back of the chest panel (the upper back neckline) bear no embroidery.

The Official Statistics Bulletin

The Official Statistics Bulletin for Population Numbers, Births, Deaths, and Census Data for the Gaza Strip. It was issued by the Statistics Administration and printed in separate issues by Al-Alami Press in Gaza. The 14th issue was printed in the year 1953 while issues numbered 30 to 39 were printed in the year 1954. All of them were compiled into a single bulletin. The bulletin is 134 pages long.

Sarafand Thobe

A dress (thobe) from the area of Sarafand, Ramla District. It is made of off-white linen and embroidered with primarily blue and maroon silk threads. The chest panel of the thobe is embroidered with multi-colored plant shapes as roses mostly in indigo blue, while its collar is embroidered with manajil (sickles) motifs. As for the shoulders, there is no embroidery, whereas embroidery in the shapes of two trees and a triangle appears on the back of the chest panel (the upper back neckline).