Founded in 1947, the Bethlehem Arab Women’s Union is a non-profit organization committed to supporting Palestinian women and preserving cultural traditions. The Union promotes authentic Palestinian crafts, offering artisans a sustainable income, while celebrating Palestinian culture through traditional music, dance, and cuisine. It also provides vital support to improve the lives of women and children in Bethlehem.

Small batch handpicked ceramics from the picturesque monastery of Beit Jemal, outside of Jerusalem. There, on top of an olive tree filled hill, sits a Catholic monastery on the destroyed village of Beit Jemal, where a small number of sisters that have dedicated their lives to prayer and a life of solitude, practice the art of hand-painted ceramics.

Since childhood, Nadia Abu Ghattas, the famous silver designer who was born in Beit Jala, showed talent and interest in arts and crafts. She practiced embroidery, sewing, painting on silk, and weaving and attended several courses in the fields of handicrafts, manuscript restoration, design, and marketing. This talent has often materialised through special and distinctive pieces of art.