Widad Kawar
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Widad Kawar (Template:Langx) is a Palestinian art historian and collector of Palestinian and Jordanian ethnic and cultural arts. She has collected over 2,000 dresses, costumes, textiles, and jewelry over 50 years, seeking to preserve a culture that has been largely dispersed by conflict.[1][2] Kawar is known as Umm l'ibas al-falastini—the mother of Palestinian dress.[3]
Biography
Kawar was born in Tulkarm city to a Palestinian Christian family in 1931.[4] Her family moved to Bethlehem in 1941.[2] Her father Jalil was a teacher and head of juvenile school system in British Mandate government of Palestine. She studied at the American University of Beirut.[2][3]
Kawar has made her collection available for public viewing and has mounted exhibits of Palestinian dress around the world. She has written many books on Palestinian embroidery and is seeking to establish a Gallery of Cultural EmbroideryScript error: No such module "Unsubst". . She collaborated with Margaret Skinner on A Treasury of Stitches: Palestinian Embroidery Motifs, 1850–1950 (Rimal/Melisende).[5] She additionally wrote Threads of Identity: Preserving Palestinian Costume and Heritage (Rimal/Melisende).[6]
Widad is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Center for Oriental Research. She has established the Tiraz Centre which runs small museum in Amman, housing her collection and dedicated to the preservation of Palestinian and Jordanian cultural traditions.[7]
In 2012, Kawar won the Prince Klaus International Award for culture and development.[8]
Published work
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See also
References
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External links
- Official website
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- Living people
- American University of Beirut alumni
- Collectors
- Palestinian clothing
- 20th-century Palestinian historians
- 20th-century Palestinian women writers
- People from Tulkarm
- 1931 births
- Palestinian non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Palestinian women writers
- 21st-century Palestinian historians