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Bayan Fares on How She Turned Her Passion for Tatreez into a Community Built for Return to a Liberated Palestine

In this Oral History Interview conducted by the Arab American National Museum, Bayan Fares talks about her family’s Palestinian heritage and roots, the generations long practice of Tatreez in her family, how she has turned her passion into Badan Collective and building a community built for return to a liberated Palestine. Bayan also discusses her reflection in her poetry as well as her faith in Islam.

Watch the full interview below. Read the full written transcript here.

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