Palestinian

In many areas of the Islamic world, women’s clothing revolves around a minimally constructed garment called a thōb, an ankle-length collarless dress that provides ample space both for modesty and embellishment. Palestinian versions of this basic garment are some of the most impressively embroidered examples of regional dress. The quality of workmanship and distinctions in motif, stitch, color, pattern, and design arrangement can identify a woman’s status and region or town. A Palestinian woman from Ramallah or Bireh created this thōb. She may have worn it first at her wedding and thereafter as festive dress.