The Palestinian Museum permanent collection

A dress (thobe) from the area of Sarafand, Ramla district. It is made of off-white linen and embroidered with primarily red silk threads. The chest panel of the thobe is adorned with heavy tatreez (embroidery) made up of plant shapes that are dominated by red and indigo colors. As for the shoulders, there is no embroidery, while an embroidery of plant shapes as roses appears on the back of the chest panel (the upper back neckline). The sleeves are embroidered with a stitch pattern of plant shapes, while the cuffs are embroidered with rose motif and duck-like animal shapes.

A thobe (dress) from the area of Ramla. It is made of beige linen and cotton and embroidered with red silk threads. The chest panel of the thobe is embroidered with feather motifs and geometric shapes with a Fallahi (peasant) cross stitch. As for the shoulders and the back of the chest panel (the upper back neckline), there is no embroidery. The sleeves are embroidered with a thin stitch pattern, while the cuffs are embroidered with a fan motif.

A thobe (dress) from the area of Sarafand, Ramla. It is made of beige linen and cotton and embroidered with primarily red silk threads. The chest panel of the thobe is embroidered with plant shapes like roses surrounded by feather motifs with a Fallahi (peasant) cross stitch. The shoulders are not embroidered, whereas an embroidery of two roses appears on the back of the chest panel.

A thobe (dress) from the area of Beit Dajan, Yaffa. It is made of beige linen and cotton and embroidered with primarily maroon silk threads with a Fallahi (peasant) cross stitch. The chest panel of the thobe is embroidered with plant and geometric shapes. As for the shoulders and the back of the chest panel (the upper back neckline), they are made of purple satin and embroidered in the rose motif with a Laff stitch.

"The Israeli Worker: Achievements, Attitudes, and Aspirations," written by Dr Ferdynand Zweig, a visiting Professor of Labour Relations at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The book is printed by Herzl Press and Sharon Books in New York in 1959. It is 305 pages long and dedicated to the author's wife, Dora.

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.

"Regional Geography" book by Professor Ibrahim Skeik. The book was published by the Arab Commercial Office in Yaffa in 1945 and is 99 pages long.

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.

"The Law Reports of Palestine," reported by Saleem K Azouri, official law reporter, and magistrate, and member of the Palestine bar. The book was published by The Authority of The Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court of Palestine in 1947. The book is 488 pages long

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.