Widad Kawar, 94, started collecting Palestinian dresses when she was a child in Jerusalem and founded a museum dedicated to Palestinian embroidery. She talks about what has been lost and what endures.

It’s important to highlight that the Palestinians were participating in a global culture of embroidery and our ancient practice like many other cultures, goes far back. 2. How old is the art of ...

Kantha is more than one thousand years old, dating back to the pre-Vedic times (prior to 1500 BC) in ancient India, and although it was traditionally a utilitarian, functional style of embroidery ...

And a small museum in Jordan devoted to Palestinian embroidery is highlighting that heritage with an exhibit devoted to Gaza. NPR's Jane Arraf reports from Amman. JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: I'm sitting ...