Tatreez — Palestinian cross-stitch

Rania Barakat

Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine · Sunbula Artisan Network

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I do tatreez — Palestinian cross-stitch. My mother taught me using thread and linen she kept from before I was born. Every village has its own patterns. Mine are from Beit Nuba, the village my grandmother left in 1948. The patterns are how we remember a place we cannot visit. I work on commission pieces and I work on thobs — the traditional dress. I will not make tatreez that is not rooted in a real pattern from a real place. If you want something decorative but invented, I am not the right person. If you want something that means something, send me a message.

Collaborations: 38
Typical delivery: 3–6 weeks
Languages: Arabic, English

The wait is not a flaw. It is proof.

Apprentice

Lina is currently learning with Rania.

The Beit Nuba cypress pattern · Year 1 of 2. If you add an apprentice-fund contribution at checkout, 100% of it goes here — Amussu takes nothing from it.

Past collaborations

What Rania has made.

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Framed tatreez panel for a wedding gift
30 × 30 cm panel in the Beit Nuba cypress pattern. Red and green on white linen. Five weeks.
Named with consent: Dalia H., London · delivered 2026-04-10
Embroidered cushion covers, set of two
Geometric border pattern, navy and cream. Three weeks.
A buyer in Toronto · delivered 2026-02-28

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