Hebron - South Hebron - Al Dhahiriya the chest panel

the chest panel

this thobe was famous in the past for its special silk fabric known as “Ikat” which is a type of fabric mainly woven in several cities in Syria especially in Aleppo

reaching all the way to Beit Dajan village in Jaffa and other areas as well

and the lower back hem called “Al-Shinyar”

Hebron - South Hebron - Al Dhahiriya the chest panelArea: South Hebron villages Made of black polyester fabric, the thobe is embroidered in red silk threads with some additional colours. The embroidery is done in floral and different geometrical patterns, of which the most common is the triangular shape on the chest area called aqwas which means arches in Arabic. In the middle of the arches, we can see other floral and geometrical patterns. The sides are completely covered in triangular shapes, in