When US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib wore a thobe to be sworn in last year, it put the rich history of Palestinian dress into the spotlight (AFP) Traditional Palestinian Costume: Origins and ...

Native-American Deb Haaland also wore traditional dress for the ceremony ... that she chose to wear a traditional Palestinian garment, called a thobe, which was made by her mother who came ...

collections and conservation manager at the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, as he stood among a long row of these dresses, known as thobes, some dating back decades and others more than a century.