Our kuffiyehs have arrived!

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Sarah Irving

As we announced recently, we’re thrilled to have genuine Palestinian kuffiyehs from the Hirbawi factory in Hebron for sale at this year’s Festival of Friendship. As well as the traditional black & white pattern, we have a number of scarves in an array of colours, as you can see here:

The Hirbawi Textile factory is the only remaining kuffiyeh factory still operating in Palestine, so by sourcing our stock from the Hirbawi family we’re able to support the Palestinian economy and help to preserve a significant piece of Palestinian culture.

Hirbawi kuffiyehs - Made in Palestine

Herbawi kuffiyehs at the Hebron Festival of Friendship

Posted on May 25, 2011 by hebronleichhardt

The Herbawi kuffiyeh factory is the last remaining producer of genuine Palestinian kuffiyehs in the West Bank, and as well as the traditional black-and-white checkered scarf the Herbawi family also make stunning multi-coloured versions. This year, Leichhardt Friends of Hebron is very proud to announce that we’ve managed to source a selection of kuffiyehs direct from the Herbawi factory, and will have them on sale as part of the indoor market at the Festival of Friendship on June 18th.

In the meantime, you can read about the Herbawi factory here, here or here, and see beautiful photos of the kuffiyehs being made here. Kara Newhouse’s wonderful pictures will also form part of the festival’s photography exhibition.

Yasser Herbawi, founder of the Herbawi factory, photographed by his son Muhammad

2011 Refugee Week Festival of Friendship

Posted on May 14, 2011 by hebronleichhardt

Photo courtesy of UNRWA

It’s on again and it’s on Saturday 18 June 2011!

The fabulous Hebron Leichhardt Refugee Week Festival of Friendship in Leichhardt Town Hall.

All the details are here

Kindergarten update and AGM

Posted on March 27, 2011 by hebronleichhardt

The LFoH AGM will take place on the 2nd of April. We will give a round-up of activities in 2010 and outline our plans for 2011.

We have a guest speaker just returned from Palestine with a talk focussing on Hebron and with recent pictures and stories about the kindergarten built with the money we raised at our Festival of Friendship last year.

Human rights abuses in the South Hebron Hills

Posted on February 21, 2011 by hebronleichhardt

Here is an update from Breaking the Silence on the situation in the South Hebron Hills. Classified as “Area C” (Full Israeli Control) during the Oslo Accords, the South Hebron Hills host some of the worst instances of Israel’s occupation.

Friends of Hebron Sydney

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