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stitching around the elastic

refugee from Syria and now in the process of applying for a passport in Italy

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Designed by Henriette Melchiorsen

Shatila pudebetræk med broderi Lavet af congolesisk kunsthåndværker and interviewsHand embroidered pillowcases with the most exquisite motifs. It takes the women approximately two weeks to embroider one pillowcase, and this not only funds their wages but also their children's schooling at the Alsama Studio in Shatila Camp in Beirut. One pillow funds the woman's entire month's salary and at least one of her children's schooling. Here, Syrian and Palestinian women work side by side. They are so beautiful and difficult to capture,