Bibliography of Palestinian and Middle East costume and material culture
This is a Palestine Costume Archive working document, subject to regular updating. All care has been taken with titles and publication details, however we would be happy to correct any errors or add new references if contacted.
For those wishing to collect books on this subject, a small recommended reading list can be found in Archive Publications and under each country in Costume from other areas of the Middle East . A full annotated bibliography is available upon request. For those interested in contemporary Palestinian embroidery more information can be found in Contemporary post 1948 Palestinian costume and embroidery.
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Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal |
1973 |
Last of the Bedouin in Jordan (exhibition catalogue) |
Abdul Hafiz, Tahaa |
1987 |
A Brief Look at Traditional Palestinian Costume Exeter: Sydney Lee |
Abdul-Jabbar, Najind |
A Catalog for the Palestinian Folklore Museum Jerusalem: Society of In'ash el-Usra |
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| Abu Ali, Muyassar | "Artisan Heritage Industries in Palestine" Samed al-Iqtisadi Amman 9:pp.67-68, pp.138-150 (in Arabic) | |
| Abu-Lughod, Lila | 1998 | Remaking women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East Princeton: Princeton University Press |
Abu Omar, Abed Al-Samih |
1986 | Traditional Palestinian Embroidery and Jewelry Jerusalem: Al Shark Arab Press |
Abu Hamdan, Meg |
1989 |
The Crafts of Jordan Al Kutba Publishers Amman |
Abu-Zahra, N M |
1970 |
"On the Modesty of women in Arab Muslim villages - a reply" American Anthropologist 72:1079-87 |
Adi-Rubin |
1983 |
Israeli Yemenite Embroidery (private publication) |
Ahmed, Akbar S |
1991 |
"Understanding people: the exhibition as teacher" Anthropology Today vol 7 no 5 October: pp10-13 |
Al-Bahr, Zahra |
1987 |
"The women of Palestine: living in camps" Middle East International Issue #296, 20 March, np |
| Al-Baqsami, T | 1985 | "Omani dress" Al-Arabi 319 (in Arabic) |
| Albenda, P | 1993 | "Western Asiatic women in the ion ade. Their image revealed" Biblical Archaelogist 46: 82-88 |
| Ali, Maureen | 1990 | " Costumes of intifada" Eastern Art Report 1 January, pp.6-7 |
| Ali, Maureen | 1990 | "The Costumes of the Intifada" The Star, 1 Feb |
| Ali, Thurayya | 1988 | The Bride: Costume and Cosmetics in Folk Arts Cairo: Madbuli Book Publishers (in Arabic) |
Allenby, Jeni |
1990 |
Maintaining the legacy: Palestinian regional costume in the 20th century (post graduate thesis) 2 vols |
Allenby, Jeni |
1992 | "Maintaining a heritage: Palestinian costume" Textile Fibre Forum11(2) |
Allenby, Jeni |
1993 |
"A Secret Heritage: Arab costumes in Australia" Voices Winter 3(2): 59-72 |
Allenby, Jeni |
1994 |
"Jeni Allenby in Kuwait. Surviving the storm: the Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait" Textile Fibre Forum 2(40): 26-8 |
Allenby, Jeni |
1995 |
Portraits without names: Palestinian Costume (exhibition catalogue) Palestine Costume Archive, Canberra |
Allenby, Jeni |
1995 |
Arabesque: the mythology of Orientalism (exhibition catalogue) National Gallery of Australia. Canberra |
Allenby, Jeni |
1995 |
"Arabesque; the mythology of Orientalism" Artonview National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Allenby, Jeni |
1996 | Curating in silence: the transitional role of Palestinian costume in international museum and private collections (post graduate thesis) 2 vols |
Allenby, Jeni |
1997 | "Secret Splendours: women’s costume in the Arab world" Textile Fiber Forum |
| Allenby, Jeni | 1998 | "Wearing your heart on your sleeve: Arab nationalism and women's costume" Palestine Costume Archive Newsletter Winter |
| Allenby, Jeni | 2000 | "Palestinian costume collections around the world" Heritage Palestinian Heritage Foundation, USA vol 6 no 2 December p.5 |
| Allenby, Jeni | 2000 | "Palestine Costume Archive, Canberra" Heritage Palestinian Heritage Foundation vol 6 no 2 December p.3 |
| Allenby, Jeni | 2000 | "Symbolic defiance: the costumes and embroideries of the Palestinian intifadas" Palestine Costume Archive Newsletter Summer |
Al-Mazeen, Abdul Rahman |
1981 |
Palestinian folklore encyclopedia: Vol.1: (Palestinian national costume) SAMED and Occupied Palestine (in Arabic) |
| Al-Nunu, Samia | 1980 | "Palestinian Folk Heritage: its Importance and the Palestinian Revolution’s Influence on it" Samed al-Iqtisadi Beirut 3(21) October: pp.165-173 (in Arabic) |
Al-Sadu |
1979 |
Portfolio of Bedu weaving Kuwait. Foundation for the Preservation of Bedu Handicrafts |
Al-Rashoud, Claudia Farkas |
1994 |
"Jeni restoring fabric of social Soul" Arab Times, Dec 9-10:pp18-19 |
| Altermann, Gail | 1989 | Ethnic dress Costume Society of America |
| 'Ammar, Khalid | 1995 | "Palestinian popular heritage subject to faking" Al-Quds 23 March (in Arabic) |
Amir, Ziva |
1977 |
Arabesque: decorative needlework from the Holy Land Israel: Masada Press |
| Amir, Ziva | 1984 | The Embroidered Costume of the women of Tuba- tradition and modernization in a Bedouin village : Studies in Ethnography, Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
| Amir, Ziva | 1988 | Bethlehem Embroidery: the evolution and diffusion of the Bethlehem style embroidered chest panel (in Hebrew) Jerusalem, Israel Museum (unpublished English version held by the Archive) |
Anani, Nabil and Suleiman Mansour |
Catalogue of the Arts of Palestinian embroidery (in Arabic) |
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| Anderson, Benedict | 1991 | Imagined Communities: reflections on the origin and spread of Nationalism London, Verso |
Antran, S |
1989 |
"The Surrogate colonization of Palestine 1917-1939 American Ethnologist vol.16: pp.719-44 |
| Arnita, Yusra Jawhariyyeh | 1968 | Folk Arts in Palestine (Palestine Books Series) Beruit: PLO Research Centre (in Arabic) |
Ashkenazi, Tovia |
1938 |
Tribus semi-nomades de la Palestine du Nord. Paris: Geuthner |
| Ashkenazi, Tovia | 1957 | The Bedouins (in Hebrew) Jerusalem |
| Asmar, Christine | 1994 | Palestinians in the Diaspora: attitudes of a displaced minority (postgraduate thesis) |
| Augustin, Ebba (ed) | 1993 | Palestinian women: identity and experience Zed Books London |
Ayish, M |
1981 |
"The Delicate art of needle and thread" Jordan Times, 11 May, Monday. p. 3 |
Azize, Dauod |
1936 |
Ramallah embroideries and Ramallah weaving unpublished manuscript, for Palestine Government Schools |
Bacherach, J |
1984 |
A Middle East studies handbook Washington: University Press |
Badawi, Jamal |
1982 |
Muslim woman's dress London |
Badr, Liana |
1989 |
A Compass for the sunflower London: Women's Press Ltd (reviewed Middle East (45) Jan 1990: 45) |
Bailey, Clinton |
1974 |
"Bedouin weddings in Sinai and the Negev" in Studies in marriage customs Jerusalem: Folkloric Research Centre, Hebrew University |
| Baker, Patricia L | 1986 | A History of Islamic court Dress in the Middle East (post graduate thesis SOAS) |
| Baker, Patricia L | 1991 | "Islamic honorific garments" Costume 25 |
Baker, Patricia L |
1995 |
Islamic Textiles British Museum London |
| Bakj, Arslan Ramadan | 1981 | Jordanian Palestinian Illustrated Heritage Amman (in Arabic, English and French) |
Baldensperger, Phillip |
1893 |
"Peasant Folklore of Palestine" Palestine Exploration Fund, pp.203-19. |
| Baldensperger, Phillip | 1894 |
"Birth, death and marriage among the fellahin of Palestine" in Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly |
| Baldensperger, Phillip | 1895 | "Beth Dejan" in Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly |
| Baldensperger, Phillip | 1899 |
"Woman in the East" in Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly |
| Baldensperger, Phillip | 1913 |
The Immovable East London |
| Balfour-Paul, Jenny | 1997 | Indigo in the Arab World Curzon Press London |
| Balfour-Paul, Jenny | 1998 | Indigo British Museum Press London |
| Bannayan, J | Costumes of the Holy Land private publication | |
Barbour, V |
1945 |
"Muslim Arab Embroidery" in Kiewe, H E (ed) Traditional embroideries from the Holy Land and Norway Oxford (exhibition catalogue) |
Barshaw, Angela |
1977 |
World costume Charles Black London |
Barthes, R |
1985 |
The Fashion system London: Cape |
| Bar’am, Noam | 1979 | "Embroidered Dresses of the Sharaf District in Yemen" The Israel Museum News pp.64-71 |
Bauer, Leonhard |
1901 |
"Kleidung und schmuck der Araber Palastinas" in Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palastina-Vereins XXIV, Leipzig |
| Bauer, D Leonhardt | 1985 (reprint) | Costume and Jewellery of the Palestinian Arabs Amman: PLO Department of Information and Culture (in Arabic, translated from the German by Khaled Sirhan) |
| Behrens-Abouseif, Doris | 1998 | Beauty in Arabic Culture Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers |
Bertman, S |
1961 |
"Tasselled garments in the ancient east Mediterranean" Biblical Archaeologist 24: 119-128 |
Besancenot, Jean |
1990 |
Costumes of Morocco Kegan Paul International |
| Bienkowski, Piotr (ed) | 1991 | Treasures from an ancient land: the art of Jordan (exhibition catalogue with a section on Widad Kawar's costume collection) National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, UK |
Blackstone, B |
1983 |
Lost travellers: a romantic theme with variations Westport: Greenwood Press |
| Bogatyrev, P | 1971 | The Functions of folk costume in Moravian Slovakia Paris: Mouton. |
Boucheman, Albert de
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1935 | Materiel de la vie bedouine Damascus |
Buckingham, J S |
1825 |
Travels among the Arab Tribes inhabiting the countries east of Syria and Palestine. London |
| Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum | 1993 | Palestinian and Jordanian costumes: Kawar Collection (exhibition catalogue) Japan |
| Buraq, Anisa | 1983 | "First Conference for the Preservation and Protection of the Palestinian Traditional Cultural Heritage, Tunis, 19-21 December 1982" Shu’un Arabiyya Beirut 27 May: pp.197-199 (in Arabic) |
Burckhardt, J L |
1822 |
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land London (reprint 1983 New York: AMS Press) |
| Burt, Ben | 1981 | Weaving: Discovering Other Cultures London: British Museum |
Bushnaq, Inaya |
The Role of heritage in nation building (journal unknown) (excerpts from a presentation at the Jerusalem International Conference on Palestinian Heritage) |
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| Bustrous, Evelyne | Lebanese and Syrian Costumes Beirut | |
Canaan, Tewfiq |
1938-9 |
"The decipherment of Arabic talismans" in Berytus |
| Chatty, Dawn | 1977 | "The Burqa Face Cover: an aspect of Dress in Southeastern Arabia" in Nancy Lindisfarne - Tapper Languages of Dress in the Middle East Curzon Press and SOAS, London |
| Chehab, Maurice | 1942-3 | "Le Costume du Liban" Bulletin du Musee de Beyrouth 6:6 |
Clemons, Claire N |
1973 |
"Bangles from the Sand" ARAMCO world vol 24 no 2: pp 14-15 |
Colyer Ross, Heather |
1979 |
"The Beauty of Bedouin jewellery 4" ARAMCO world vol 30 no 2 March-April pp 4-9 |
| Colyer Ross, Heather | 1980 |
"Fashion in the sand" ARAMCO world vol 31 no 6:pp 4-11 |
| Colyer Ross, Heather | 1981 |
The Art of Arabian costume: a Saudi Arabian profile Arabesque Commercial Switzerland |
Colyer Ross, Heather |
1981 |
The Art of Bedouin jewellery: A Saudi Arabian profile Arabesque Commercial Switzerland |
| Colyer Ross, Heather | 1987 |
"The Fabric of Tradition" ARAMCO world : pp 21-29 |
Conder, Claude |
1880 |
Tent work in Palestine London: Bentley |
| Crociani, Paola | 1994 | Bedouin of the Sinai London: Garnet Publishing |
Crowfoot, G M |
1931 |
Methods of hand spinning in Egypt and the Sudan Halifax |
| Crowfoot, G M | 1936 | "Embroidery of Bethlehem" in Embroidery 5: 9-14 |
| Crowfoot, G M | "Customs and Folk Tales in Palestine – the Dowry or Bride Price" Folk-lore XLVIII; pp28-40 | |
Crowfoot, G M & P Sutton |
1935 |
"Ramallah embroidery" in Embroidery 3, 2: 25-38 |
Cyr, Georges |
194? |
Lebanese and Syrian costumes Beirut: private publication |
Dalman, G |
1964 |
Arbeit und Sitte in Palestina 7 vols. (reprint of 1937 edition) Hildesheim: Olms |
Daniel, N |
1960 |
Islam and the West: the making of an image Edinburgh: University Press |
| Daoud, Azize | 1930 | Ramallah Embroidery and Ramallah Weaving Jerusalem: Palestine Government Schools (unpublished manuscript) |
Dayan, Ruth |
1969 |
National crafts among Israelis and Arabs: one path to peace (lecture) The Anglo-Israel Association London Pamphlet no 23 July |
| Dayan, Ruth and Wilburt Feinbert | 1974 | Crafts of Israel London: Mcmillan |
| Dar el Tifl El-Arabi | Palestinian Arab Folklore Centre Jerusalem Al Shark Arab Press | |
de Lamartines, A I |
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The Holy Land Vol. 1 and 2 London: George Virtue |
de Vries, S |
1984 |
"Preservation of a heritage" Jordan Vol.9, No.2, Fall:23 |
| de Vries, S |
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Title unknown (exhibition catalogue of Syro-Palestinian folk art) Calvin College Center Art Gallery |
de Vries, S, and Widad Kawar |
1984 |
"Costumes speak" Jordan Vol.9, No.2, Fall: 15-21 |
Dickson, HRP |
1949 |
The Arab of the Desert George Alan and Unwin London |
DMC Library |
Yugoslavian embroideries 2nd series Editions Th. de Dillmont |
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Dominguez, V |
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"The Marketing of Heritage" American Ethnologist vol.13: pp.546-55. |
Dougherty, Pam |
1991 |
"Australian curator revives Palestinian costume tradition" The Star Amman 5 December 1991: np |
| Dubrow, Nancy | The End is the Beginning Palestine Red Crescent Society | |
Eicher, Joanne B (ed) |
1995 |
Dress and Ethnicity BERG Oxford |
| Eicher, Joanne B | 2000 | The Anthropology of Dress (Lecture, ITA) |
El-Homossani, M M |
1983 |
"The original fabrics of Kaftan" Ars Textrina Vol .1, Dec: 263-287 |
| Elad-Bouskila, Ami | 1999 | Modern Palestinian Literature and Culture London: Frank Cass |
| El Guindi, Fadwa | 1999 | Veil: Modesty, Privacy and Resistance Oxford: Berg |
| El- Khalidi, Leila | 1986 | "Prototypes of Motifs in Palestinian Costume" Samed al-Iqtisadi Amman 8(61) May: pp.205-208 (in Arabic) |
| El- Khalidi, Leila | 1999 | The Art of Palestinian Embroidery Saqi Books London |
| Emmett, Ayala | 1996 | Our Sisters’ Promised Land: Women, Politics, and Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press |
| Ewald, Mrs | 1854 | Jerusalem and the Holy Land: Being a Collection of Lithographic Views and Native Costumes from Drawings Taken on the Spot London |
Fairservis, Walter A Jr |
1975 | Costumes of the East (exhibition catalogue) American Museum of Natural History, Chatham Press Inc , Connecticut |
Fakhry, Ahmed |
1973 |
Siwa Oasis American University in Cairo Press |
Fistere, I |
1982 |
"Elegance of tradition to be cherished" Jordan Times Nov 4-5 |
| Folk
Arts
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1974 - 5 | Amman: Jordanian Department of Arts and Culture 1:pp.1-6 (in Arabic) |
| "Folk Costumes of Arab Women in Palestine" | 1972 | Folklore Baghdad 2 (7) March (in Arabic) |
| Folkwear Ethnic Patterns | 101 - Gaza dress pattern;
105 - Syrian dress pattern; 01 - Bethany dress pattern (published in California, Forestville) |
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| Friedman, Jane | 1997 | "These stitches speak" ARAMCOworld vol.48 no.2 March/April: pp.2-11 |
Forrest, A C |
1967 |
Presbyterian Life Vol.20, no.19, Oct 1 1967 (special issue on Arab refugees) |
Gentles, Margaret |
1964 |
Turkish and Greek Island embroideries Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago |
Giacaman, Rita |
1982 |
Palestinian women and development in the Occupied West Bank Bir Zeit University |
| Gillow, John and Bryan Sentance | 1999 | World Textiles Singapore |
Gostelow, Mary |
1977 |
Traditional Designs, Techniques and Patterns from all over the World Marshall Cavendish London |
| Gostelow, Mary | 1978 |
The Coats book of Embroidery Davis and Charles, London |
| Gole, Nilufer | 1998 | The Forbidden Modern: Civilization and Veiling Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press |
| Goren, Orna | 1999 | Traditionelle Handwerksformen der Bedouinen in Israel und Sinai Israel Museum Jerusalem |
| Ghosheh Al-Hassan, Hanan | 1996 | Palestinian Folk Dresses: Traditional and Modern Amman, Family Care Society |
Graham-Brown, Sarah |
1980 |
The Palestinians and their society London: Eyre and Spottiswoode |
Granqvist, Hilma |
1935 |
Marriage conditions in a Palestinian village Vol. 2. Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica |
Grant, E |
1976 |
People of Palestine: An enlarged edition of The Peasantry of Palestine, Life Manners and Customs of the village 1921, reprint 1976. Westport |
| Grant, Elihu | 1921 | The People of Palestine Philadelphia |
Grutz, Jane Waldron |
1991 |
"Woven legacy, woven language" ARAMCO world vol. 42, no. 1, January-February 1991:34-43 |
| Hallaj, Muhammed | 1982 | "Palestine; the suppression of an idea" The Link (Americans for Middle East understanding) Jan-Mar vol.15 no.1 (rare illustrations of some of the costumes in the original Palestinian Red Crescent Society collection, mostly destroyed in Beirut 1982) |
Hawley, Ruth |
1978 |
Omani silver Longman Group London |
Hammami, Rema |
1990 |
"Women, the Hijab and the Intifada" Middle East Report May-August, no 164 and no 165 |
Handbook of Arabia |
Vol. 1 (General). Great Britain, Admiralty. |
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Handbook of Syria and Palestine |
1943 |
Great Britain, Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Division. |
| Handhal, Yacoub | 1919 | Palestine and Folk Tradition Revival New York: Hanna Salah (in Arabic) |
Harris, M |
1973 |
"What goes up, may stay up" Natural History 72(1):18-25. |
Harvard Semetic Museum |
1987 |
Palms and pomegranates: traditional dress in Saudi Arabia Washington: US Committee for Saudi Arabian Cultural Heritage |
Heuzey, L & J. Heuzey |
1935 |
Histoire du costume dans l'antiquite classique, l'orient, Egypte - Mesopotamie - Syrie - Phenicie Paris. |
Hiltermann, Joost R |
1991 |
"The Women’s Movement during the Uprising" Journal of Palestinian Studies vol.20 #3 Spring: pp 48-57 |
| Hiltermann, Joost R | 1991 |
Behind the Intifada: labor and women’s movements in the Occupied Territories (publication details unknown) |
Hoffman, J and M Dunsky |
1988 |
"A Culture in transition" Jerusalem Post International Edition Dec 31:13 |
Hosbawn, E and T Ranger (eds) |
1983 |
The Invention of Tradition Cambridge University Press |
Hueffer, F M |
1896 |
Ford Madox Brown London: Longman, Green and Co. |
| Husseini, Zeinab Jawad | 1981 | Palestinian Arab Folklore Centre, Jerusalem |
Institut du Monde Arabe |
1988 |
Memoire de soie: costumes et parures de Palestine et de Jordanie. Catalogue de la collection Widad Kawar Paris |
Irani, Hannie J and N Hannush |
1920 |
Palestine Embroideries (with samplers) unpublished manuscript |
Islamisches Museum |
1978 |
Palestinensische Volkskunst (exhibition catalogue) |
Israel Museum |
1995 |
Focus East: early photography in the Near East 1839-1885 (exhibition catalogue) Jerusalem |
| Israel Museum | 1999 | The Yemenites: 2000 years of Jewish History (exhibition catalogue) Jerusalem |
Janata, A |
1978 |
"Ikat in Afghanistan" Afghanistan journal Vol. 5, no. 4:130-139 |
Jarvis, C S |
1941 |
Yesterday and today in Sinai London |
Jaussen, J Antonin |
1927 |
Naplouse et son district Vol. 1 (Costumos Palestinienes) Paris: Geuthner |
Johnstone, Pauline |
1972 |
Guide to Greek Island Embroidery London: V&A |
Jones, C H |
1962 |
The Ramallah Handicraft Co-Operative Ramallah |
| Jones, C H | 1975 |
The Untempered Wind London Longman |
| Jordan Museum of Popular Traditions | (introduction by Sadiyeh Wasfi Tel) Amman: Jordan Press Foundation | |
Jouin, J |
1934 |
"Le Costume feminin dans l'Islam Syropalestinien" in Revue des Etudes Islamiques 8:481-505 |
| Jouin, J | 1935 |
"Les Themes decoratifs des broderies Marocaines: leur caractere et leurs origines" in Hesperis XV:11-30 |
Joussen, P A |
1908 |
Costomes de Arabes au pays de Moab Paris |
| Kalter, Johannes (et. al) | 1992 | The Arts and Crafts of Syria (exhibition catalogue) Thames and Hudson, London |
Kanafani, Aida Sami |
1983 |
Aesthetics and Rituals in the UAE: the anthropology of food and personal adornment among Arab women American University of Beirut |
| Kana’neh, Sharif (et. al) | 1982 | Palestinian Folk Costume al-Bireh: Family Relief Society (in Arabic) |
Karp, Nan and Steven D Levine (eds.) |
1991 |
Exhibiting cultures Smithsonian Insititute Press |
Kawar, Amal |
1996 |
Daughters of Palestine State University of New York Press |
Kawar, Widad |
1982 |
Costumes dyed by the sun: Palestinian Arab national costumes Tokyo: Bunka Publishing Bureau |
| Kawar, Widad | 1984 | "Traditional costumes of Jordan and Palestine" in Arts and the Islamic World 2(1):41-42 |
| Kawar, Widad and Tania Tamari Nasir | 1992 | Palestinian Embroidery: Traditional Fallahi Cross-stitch Work Munich: National Ethnic Museum and SAMED |
Kennet, Frances with Caroline MacDonald-Haig |
1994 |
World dress Reed International Books London |
Khalidi, Walid |
1984 |
Before their diaspora Washington: Institute of Palestinian Studies. |
Keatinge, M C |
1955 |
Costumes of the Levant Beirut |
Kiewe, H E |
1964 |
History of Folk cross stitch Sebaldus-Verlag Nuremberg |
Kroeber, A L |
1919 |
"On the principle order in civilization as exemplified by changes in fashion" in American anthropologist 21:235-263 |
| Lamer, Suzanne | 1987 | "Palestinian Folk Costume" Frankfurter Allgemeine 6 February (in German) |
Layne, Linda L |
"Bedouin Dilug: their meaning in the context of the contemporary nation-state" (unpublished article) |
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Layish, A |
1997 |
Marriage, divorce and succession in a Druze family Brill Academic Publishers |
| Le Bon, Jean-Marie | 1990 | La Communaute Musulmane d'Australie Canberra vol 2 |
Lees, G R |
1905 |
Village life in Palestine London |
| Lindisfarne-Tapper N | 1997 | Languages of Dress in the Middle East Curzon Press and SOAS, London |
Levy, Reuben |
1935 |
"Notes on costume from Arabic sources" Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society pp 319-38 |
Lewis, Bernard |
1976 |
Arab culture and society in change: a partially annotated bibliography Beirut: Dar el-Mashreq. |
Luke, H C and Keith-Roach, E |
1930 |
The Handbook of Palestine and Transjordan London: Macmillian (2nd edition) |
Lutz, H F |
1923 |
Textiles and customs among the people in the ancient Near East Berkeley |
MacDonald, Jan |
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Dress and Folklore in Palestine among Arabs and Jews Unpublished manuscript. |
| MacDonald, Jan | 1951 | "Palestinian dress" in Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly: 55-69 |
McConnell Simmons, Virginia |
1981 |
"Warps, wefts and wadis" ARAMCO world vol 32 no 5:pp30-33 |
McIntyre, L |
1979 |
"Bridal attire of Jerusalem" Grand Rapids Press Jan 7:4D |
| Marechaux, Pascal | 1980 | Arabia Felix: images of Yemen and it's people Paris |
Marechaux, Pascal and Maria |
1988 |
"Arabia: behind the veil" Marie Clare August: pp10-19 |
| Marechaux, Pascal and Maria | Arabian moons: passages in time through Yemen Concept Media, Singapore | |
Marmorstein, Emile |
1954 |
"The Veil in Judaism and Islam" Journal of Jewish Studies vol 1:pp1-11 |
Marx, E |
1967 |
Bedouin of the Negev Manchester: Manchester Uni Press |
Matson, E |
1980 |
The Middle East in pictures New York |
Mayer, T |
1994 |
"Heightened Palestinian Nationalism: military occupation, repression, difference and gender" in Meyer, T (ed) Women and the Israeli Occupation: the politics of change Routledge London |
McColl, Patricia |
1977 |
"Couture Arabesque" ARAMCO world May-August |
| McIntyre, Adrian Lee | 2000 | Trauma, Testimony and the Fabric of History: Palestinian Embroidery between the Museum and the Archive (proposed presentation at IAMES, Berlin) |
Mehrez, Shahira |
"Traditional Costumes" Arts and the Islamic world pp:56-59 |
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Meinke, M |
1983 |
"A Guide to Arab Gulf dress". Part 1: Men Arab Times Supplement May 12: 14-19 |
| Meinke, M | 1983 |
"A Guide to Arab Gulf dress". Part 2: Women Arab Times Supplement May 19: 34-37 |
Mennonite Central Committee |
1988 |
"Palestinian women" Women’s Concerns Report #78 May-June |
Michael, S & S Arad |
c.1984 |
Bedouins: the Sinai nomads Israel: Masada Press. |
| Moesgard Museum | 1991 | 2000 ars farverpragt: Dragter og mosaikker fra Palaestina og Jordan (exhibition catalogue of Widad Kawar's collection) Moesgard |
Mogannam, Matiel |
The Arab woman and the Palestine problem Hyperion Press Conn. |
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| Moors, Annelies | 2000 | "Embodying the nation: Maha Saca's post-intifada postcards" Ethnic and Racial Studies vol.23 no.5 September pp.871-887 |
Muhsam, H V |
1966 |
Bedouin of the Negev: eight demographic studies Jerusalem: Jerusalem Academic Press |
Muller-Lancet, Aviva |
1960 |
Yemenite costume (no publication details) |
| Muller-Lancet, Aviva | 1969 |
"Jewish dress in Bokhara - the problem of a specific style" Israel Museum News 4(1) Winter :52-57 |
| Muller-Lancet, Aviva | 1976 | "Elements in Costume and Jewellery Specific to the Jews of Morocco" Israel Museum News no.11: pp.47-66. |
Munayyer, Hanan Karaman |
1997 | "New images, old patterns: a historical glimpse" ARAMCO world Vol 48 no 2 March/April: pp 5,7,9,11. |
Musee d’Ethnographie – Geneve |
1986 |
Egypte: Oasis d’Amun-Siwa (exhibition catalogue) |
Musee de l’Homme |
1990 |
L’Orient d’un diplomate: costumes de la collection d’Aumale 1914 -1938 (exhibition catalogue) Paris |
Museum fur Volkenkunde, Wien. |
Volkstrachten aus dem Heiligenland (exhibition catalogue) |
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Museum of Music and Ethnology |
1995 |
From the Kumbaz to the Kaftan: Jewish and Palestinian costume (exhibition catalogue) Haifa |
Musil, Alois |
1978 |
Manners and customs of the Rwala Bedouins NY: AMS Press |
| Muslih, Muhammad Y | 1988 | The Origins of Palestinian Nationalism New York: Columbia University Press |
Mutahhari, Murtaza |
1988 | The Islamic Modest Dress (trans from Persian: Laleh Bakhtian) Kazi Publications |
| Muzayyan, ‘Abd al-Rahman | 1981 | Palestinian Folklore Encyclopaedia 1 Beirut: Occupied Palestine Publications and SAMED (in Arabic) |
Najjar, Orayb |
1984 |
"Arab women: fact and fiction" Christian Century March |
| Neprajzi Muzeum | 1978 |
Palesztin nepmuveszet (exhibition catalogue) Budapest |
| Nordquist Barbara, Mettam, E Jean and Jansen, Kathy | 1986 | Traditional Folk Textiles and Dress USA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing |
Ohms, Margaret |
1989 |
Ethnic embroidery Batsford Ltd London |
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