In Gaza today, people are once again working to rebuild lives in the aftermath of Operation Protective Edge, the latest chapter in their brutal, enduring history. While Sunbulas Shirabe Yamada fears and worries about the fate of precious ancient artisanal works that had survived the previous wars, she also knows that the embroidery will continue to play a vital role at women’s cooperatives across the Strip. Gaza’s women tell her that they need work more than anything right now, and their need for income will always be a reason to pick up the needles and threads. But they are doing something bigger than just earning; theirs is a resilient act of keeping alive Palestine’s cultural heritage and identity against the great, many odds. mondoweiss.net/2014/10/palestinian-cultural-empowerment
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:10:00 +0000