Learning for Liberation Book Club: Cactus Pear for My Beloved, Samah Sabawi
Book: Cactus Pear for My Beloved by Samah Sabawi Activity: Palestinian Tatreez (Embroidery) Facilitators: Baraa Abuzayed For this Learning for Liberation session, we're inviting folks to join us for an evening of discussion surrounding themes of family, belonging, exile, return, and patience ( sabir ) whilst learning the art of Palestinian tahriri (couching stitch). What does the cactus pear (in Arabic, also sabir ) symbolize within the text and how does it reflect our times today? Baraa Abuzayed is a Palestinian Ph.D. student in Cultural Studies, and her current research focuses on themes of
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