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Threads of Identity – Widad Kamel Kawar As the title suggests, this is a book about identity. It is filled with personal stories, anecdotes, history and textiles. The images in the book reflect tha...

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Threads of Identity – Widad Kamel Kawar Book Review - March 5, 2019 by Ansie   As the title suggests, this is a book about identity. It is filled with personal stories, anecdotes, history and texti...

GULF TODAY

Preserving Culture Widad Kawar is a woman of spirit and grace, a benefactor of the entire Arab world. She has spent more than half a century collecting traditional Arab costumes, jewellery, and ho...

ALROEYA

وداد وداد اسم عربي، وهو اسم علم مؤنث، يعني المحبة، الرغبة، الميل، وهو جمعُ ودّ أي حب وهو الأرجح، كما أن غالبية من تسموا به كانوا يميلون إلى تفسير اسمهم على هذا النحو، بأنه جمع كلمة ودّ أي حب. وداد ...

TIRAZ

Prestigious Award Widad Kawar receiving the Directorate of Heritage Award by Mr. Abdulaziz Almusallam Alkhaaldi - The Director of Heritage & Cultural Affairs of the Government of Sharjah. Mr. A...

PRINCE CLAUS FOUNDATION

Widad Kawar February 2, 2013, in a ceremony at the "Tiraz Centre", Mrs. Widad Kawar received the Prince Claus Award from Ambassador Piet de Klerk. Mrs. Widad Kawar received the Prince Claus Award f...

SAUDI ARAMCO WORLD

Palestinian Embroidery Motifs is the perfect companion to Widad Kamel Kawar's Threads of Identity, published in 2006. It identifies, in Arabic and English, the numerous motifs used in the rich var...

JOURNAL OF PALESTINE STUDIES

Maintaining Legacy Traditional Arabic or Palestinian arts have tended to prioritize poetry, with visual culture relegated to a supporting role. And yet, as Widad Kamel Kawar's book Threads of Iden...

WASHINGTON REPORT

Traditional Palestinian Costume: Origins and Evolution   With roots thousands of years old, Palestinian costume is a rich tradition that evolved over time to form through color and pattern a visu...

REAL TRAVEL ADVENTURES

Threads of Identity by Widad Kamel Kawar is a most fascinating compendium of the heritage of Palestine through costumes and fabrics. The author is one of the foremost authorities on the subject and...

HAARETZ

The 'Queen of Palestine'   A 'non-meeting' in the Jordanian capital with the woman who owns and knows more about Palestinian dresses than anybody else, but is convinced there is no one left that e...

TIMEOUT BEIRUT

Threads of Identity There’s something just so wonderful about ‘Threads of Identity’ – an intelligent, visually delicious compendium of women’s traditional costumes and life stories that have been c...

JORDAN MUSEUM

Book Acknowledgement Mrs. Widad Kamel Kawar is a member on the Board of Trustees of the Jordan Museum. Her continuous efforts and support towards the Museum are extremely valued and appreciated. We...

JERUSAELM FUND

Threads of Identity One of the leading authorities on Palestinian costume, Widad Kamel Kawar takes a unique approach to the topic in her latest book, Threads of Identity. While this handsomely-illu...

MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

LIBRARY BOOKWACTH - Reviewer's Choice Threads of Identity: Preserving Palestinian Costume and Heritage is the culmination of years of research and documentation of Arab costumes, textiles, and arti...

CHIVVIS MOORE

Threads of Identity In this spectacular volume Widad Kamel Kawar has created a work of art -- through photography, narrative and oral history -- as valuable as the women's legacy she describes. St...

NEW YORK TIMES

Women in the Orient   PARIS — The vivid neon lights act like beacons, leading past ancient artifacts carved out of wood and stone, toward an explosion of vivid color on elaborate robes.   The trian...

ADDASTOUR

Kawar Signs "Threads of Identity" Mrs Layla Sharaf has described the book Threads of Identity as a humanitarian and artistic piece of work on civilization, which aspires to preserve the national m...

AL GHAD

Threads of Identity Book Launch in Amman Kawar Signs Threads of Identity With a Presentation on the History of Women Who Have Reflected a Social Fabric in the Palestinian costumes.   The researcher...

AL JAZEERA

Threads of Identity…Beauty Illustrates Steadfastness   The author Widad Kawar held a book-signing ceremony at the Orthodox Club in Amman for her English-language book Threads of Identity, which ill...

THIS WEEK IN PALESTINE

Book of the Month A small country like Palestine has a great variety of traditional costumes, and it took me a long time to publish the material I have collected on them because I wanted my researc...

JORDAN TIMES

A Feast for the Eyes A rainbow of colour, a wealth of information, centuries of traditions and skill, but above all, a precious point of reference for any serious ethnologist or historian - all in ...