14/01/2026
Here are our highlights from 2025: another year of immense hardship across Palestine, and also a year of resilience, creativity, and solidarity.
1. We enhanced craft-making skills for Bedouin women at the Noor Al-Qamar group, led by the Gaza designer Ibrahim Al-Muhtadi for jewelry-making and Shaden Abed Elal for silk-screening.
2. We worked with the restoration specialist Tala Sandouka to repair traditional dresses at our two Bethlehem partners - the Arab Women’s Union and Women’s Child Care Society - for the benefit of the community.
3. We advanced ‘The Book of Tahriri: 27 Essential Motifs and Techniques of Bethlehem Couching Embroidery’ through research, interviews, photography, and digital illustration. With the English manuscript complete, we’re now working on Arabic translation for a mid-2026 launch.
4. We began marketing the traditional baskets by Hares Women’s Society, our newest partner from the northern West Bank.
5. We resumed our Annual Holiday Bazaar after a two-year hiatus. Organized with the French Cultural Center in Jerusalem, it was supported by numerous volunteers who helped showcase and sell artisan products to the community.
6. We provided ongoing emergency support to Atfaluna Society and Sulafa Embroidery Centre throughout the year with our crowdfunding campaign.
From Gaza to the West Bank, our partner artisans continued working, teaching, restoring, and creating – protecting cultural heritage while sustaining their livelihoods. This work is only possible because of you. Thank you for standing with Sunbula and with Palestinian artisans and helping us reach more milestones in 2026. 🤍
