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'''Palestinian handicrafts''' are [[handicrafts]] produced by [[Palestinian people]] or individuals. A wide variety of handicrafts, many of which have been produced by [[
==Embroidery and weaving==
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[[File:Gaza rug.jpg|thumb|Woolen rug from Gaza]]
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An exclusively female artistic tradition,<ref name=Pollock>Pollock and Bernback et al., 2004, p. 76.</ref> embroidery has been a key feature of traditional Palestinian costumes for
The production of cloth for [[Palestinian traditional costumes|traditional Palestinian costumes]] and for export throughout the [[Arab world]] was a key industry of the destroyed village of [[Ashkelon#History of the modern city|Majdal]]. Malawi weaving, as the technique is known, is woven by a male weaver on a single treadle [[loom]], using black and indigo cotton threads combined with fuchsia and turquoise silk threads. While the village no longer exists today, the craft of Majdalawi weaving continues as part of a cultural preservation project run by the [https://atfalunacrafts.com/ Atfaluna Crafts] organization and the Arts and Crafts Village in [[Gaza City]].<ref name=Sunbula>{{cite web|title=Craft Traditions of Palestine|publisher=Sunbula|url=http://www.sunbula.org/crafttrad.shtml|access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080321111836/http://www.sunbula.org/crafttrad.shtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-03-21}}</ref>
Gaza was a center for cloth production, famous for a fine [[silk]] produced there that was known as ''gazzatum''. Imported to Europe as early as the 13th century, this fabric later gave its name to the loose weave fabric known today as [[gauze]].<ref name=Garrisonp261>Garrison, 2008, p. 261.</ref>
A [[Galilee]] craftsman who learned the art of straw weaving from his grandmother is showing an exhibit of ''tabaqs'' (woven trays) and other items at the [[Ein Dor]] Archaeological Museum, based on heirloom weaving techniques.<ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2023-07-12/ty-article-magazine/.premium/the-man-reviving-palestinian-womens-weaving/00000189-4047-d9a2-a5af-58f781b20000 The Man Reviving Palestinian Women's Weaving], [[Haaretz]]</ref>
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Nabulsi soap is a type of [[castile soap]] produced only in [[Nablus]] in the [[West Bank]].<ref name=Piefza>{{cite web|title=Palestinian Industries|url=http://www.piefza.org/a_pal_industries.htm|publisher=Piefza.com|access-date=2008-03-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614000406/http://www.piefza.org/a_pal_industries.htm|archive-date=2007-06-14}}</ref> An [[olive oil]]-based [[soap]], it is made up of three primary ingredients: virgin olive oil, [[water]], and a [[sodium]] compound.<ref name=IMEU>{{cite web|title=Nablus' olive oil soap: a Palestinian tradition lives on|author=Michael Phillips|publisher=[[Institute for Middle East Understanding]] (IMEU)|date=March 11, 2008|access-date=2008-03-27|url=http://imeu.net/news/article008132.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720073112/http://imeu.net/news/article008132.shtml|archive-date=July 20, 2008}}</ref> Nabulsi workers who make the soap are proud of its unique smell, which they see as a signifier of the quality and purity of its ingredients.<ref name=SEMP>{{cite web|title=Nablus Soap: Cleaning Middle Eastern Ears for Centuries|publisher=Suburban Emergency Management Project|date=September 20, 2006|access-date=2008-03-27|url=http://www.semp.us/publications/biot_reader.php?BiotID=402}}</ref>
Long reputed to be a fine product,<ref name=SEMP/> since as early as the 10th century, Nabulsi soap has been [[export]]ed across the [[Arab world]] and even to [[Europe]].<ref name=IMEU/> Though the number of soap factories has plummeted from a peak of thirty in the 19th century to only two today, efforts to preserve this important part of [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] and Nabulsi cultural heritage continue.<ref name=IMEU/><ref name=SEMP/> Until today, in Nablus, you can find Nabulsi soap beautifully stacked into towers by street vendors, awaiting purchase.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kassis |first=Reem |title=We Are Palestinian: A Celebration of Culture and Tradition |date=2023 |publisher=Studio Press |isbn=978-1800783287}}</ref>
== Bamboo furniture ==
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| title = Gaza's dying bamboo crafts industry - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
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