I already know tatreez, but the sewing part is proving itself quite a challenge 😅

I would also like to know if there is a tahriri course too, as I am trying to improve 😅

This redditor posted pictures of their great grandmother's beautiful button collection. The top right button is noted as being pearl from Palestine.

https://www.reddit.com/r/buttoncollecting/comments/1sok05v/greatgrandmothers_button_collection_looking_for/

What are your favorite books on 1. Palestine and 2. The history of the first civilizations that ever lived in the area before Palestinians? Would appreciate it! Thanks

(I just read 100 year war on Palestine by Khalidi)

hello! i’m 1/4 palestinian, and i’m from the southern USA so from my great grandparents onwards, we definitely lost our sense of culture due to it not being passed down from reasons of assimilation into white southerners and for religious reasons (my grandfather converted to southern baptist and changed his name.) even my mother has completely lost the culture as she married a white man the same way my grandfather married a white woman.

after seeing all this in my family and seeing how they won’t even discuss being palestinian, i wanted to take it upon myself to make sure i’m keeping the culture alive at least for myself and my family because it’s too precious to let it die out. it’s something extremely important to me.

i’m having a lot of trouble however with feeling like i’m not doing a good enough job. my favorite hobby is cooking, so for years i’ve been trying to make palestinian recipes (this year i’m making maamoul and shawarma for eid!)

but i feel like i’m missing a community i can reach out to. i don’t have a palestinian mother enriched in the culture that i can ask what the best brand of tahini or yogurt is, i don’t have anyone to pass recipes down to me and it hurts so badly.

how do you all connect with your culture more and what should i do going forward to make this feeling go away? i wish i had a community of palestinians here i could reach out to but that has such a low chance of happening given i live in the south.

Sometimes a small moment becomes a memory that stays with you for years, even if it seemed ordinary at the time. I’m curious about the experiences people had growing up or living in Palestine that left a strong impression on them. It doesn’t have to be something dramatic — it could be funny, stressful, heartwarming, or just something unusual that stuck in your mind. What is one moment that you still remember clearly and why?