Joanna Barakat is an artist and writer based in Abu Dhabi, known for her mixed media work that combines painting and Palestinian embroidery. She advocates for Palestine and shares her passion through workshops and her Instagram page, The Tatreez Circle. Barakat authored Narrative Threads: Palestinian Embroidery in Contemporary Art (London: Saqi Books, 2025), and her artwork, “Entanglement,” is featured on the cover of Umbilical Discord by Rawand Mustafa (Arkansas University Press, 2024).
Joanna Barakat
From Stitch to Symbol: The Power of Palestinian Tatreez
Palestinian embroidery is dynamic, and artists, designers, and makers are constantly finding new ways to innovate and reinterpret it.