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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.

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).

Sarafand Thobe

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.

Al Na'ani Thobe

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.

Sarafand Thobe

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.
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