Sr. Irudayam Augusta watches closely as some 40 women move their hands to create exquisite embroidery on clothes in a historic 1774 building. Augusta, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, ...
NEW YORK - An embroidery workshop is bringing migrant women together in the South Bronx to bond over their shared experience. For every stitch made, a new moment is created. They are moments of raw ...
There is barely time for introductions before the women at Inaash Association are proudly unfurling their work for me. Reams of fabric embroidered with Palestinian tatreez are piled onto the table.
With women banned from most jobs in Afghanistan, an embroidery boutique run by 22-year-old Rahima Alavi is a surprising and treasured sight in Bamiyan. Women in Afghanistan today -- not only in ...