Serene Husseini Shahid
Serene al-Husayni حسيني شهيد | |
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| Born | 1920 |
| Died | 2008 |
| Spouse | Munib Shahid |
| Children | Leila Shahid |
| Parent | Jamal al-Husayni |
Serene Husseini Shahid (
Family and education
Shahid was born in
She married Munib Shahid, son of a noble family of the Baháʼí Faith, in 1944 and they settled down in Beirut.[2] Her daughter Leila Shahid was Palestinian envoy to European Commission.[3] Her other two daughters, Maya and Zeina, designed and promoted Palestinian Embroideries for Inaash.[4]
Career
After 1967 she became involved in starting "cottage industries" among the Palestinian refugees. She worked on embroidery projects for Palestinian women, conducting embroidery workshops on weekdays. She, together with
Her autobiography, Jerusalem Memories, was published in 2000, and was critically acclaimed as "breaking new ground."[7] It has been translated into several languages.[citation needed]
Bibliography
- Weir, Shelagh and Shahid, Serene: Palestinian embroidery : cross-stitch patterns from the traditional costumes of the village women of Palestine. London: ISBN 0-7141-1591-6
- Shahid, Serene Hussein (Editor: Edward W. Said): Jerusalem Memories, Naufal, Beirut, 2000. First Edition.
- Jerusalem Passages, (excerpts from Jerusalem Memories), Spring 2000, Issue 8, Jerusalem Quarterly
- Jerusalem Passages, (excerpts from Jerusalem Memories), Spring 2000, Issue 8,
See also
- Palestinian costumes
References
- ^ "A non Review : Memories from Jerusalem: Serene Husseini Shahid". nadiaharhash. 3 September 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-7043-2541-8.
- ^ The Unesco Courier. Unesco. 1999. p. 46.
- OCLC 175754937.
- ^ "Search". Inaash. Archived from the original on October 30, 2008.
- ^ Waldron Grutz, Jane (2007-02-19). "Woven Legacy, Woven Language". Saudi Aramco World. Archived from the original on February 19, 2007. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
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