This Chest panel is an exact redrawn replica of a chest panel from an Intifada dress in the Widad Kawar Collection.
About the Intifada dress:
When the first Intifada began on December 9, 1987, a new dress appeared not embroidered with traditional patterns. The “thobe” was embroidered with political symbols: Palestinian flags, the Dome of the Rock, maps of Palestine, and olive branches. The dresses featured the Palestinian flag’s red, green, white, and black colours. Sometimes, the flag can be found on the chest panel in embroidery or applique. Such dresses were made in defiance of the Israeli ban on public display of these colours and after the imprisonment of Palestinian artists who used them in their paintings.
This Chest panel is an exact redrawn replica of a chest panel from an Intifada dress in the Widad Kawar Collection.
About the Intifada dress:
When the first Intifada began on December 9, 1987, a new dress appeared not embroidered with traditional patterns. The “thobe” was embroidered with political symbols: Palestinian flags, the Dome of the Rock, maps of Palestine, and olive branches. The dresses featured the Palestinian flag’s red, green, white, and black colours. Sometimes, the flag can be found on the chest panel in embroidery or applique. Such dresses were made in defiance of the Israeli ban on public display of these colours and after the imprisonment of Palestinian artists who used them in their paintings.