Editing Ramallah (section)

===Palestinian costume===
{{Main|Palestinian costumes}}

Hanan Munayyer, collector and researcher of Palestinian clothing, sees examples of proto-Palestinian attire in artifacts from the [[Canaan]]ite period (1500 BCE), such as Egyptian paintings depicting [[Canaanites]] in A-shaped garments.<ref name=Twair>{{cite web|author=Pat McDonnell Twair|date=October 2006|title=Sovereign Threads|publisher=Palestine Heritage Foundation|url=http://www.palestineheritage.org/Newsletter_December_2006.htm|access-date=December 6, 2012|archive-date=July 1, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701190757/http://www.palestineheritage.org/Newsletter_December_2006.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Munayyer says that from 1200 BC to AD 1940, all Palestinian dresses were cut from natural fabrics in a similar A-line shape with triangular sleeves.<ref name=Twair/> This shape is known to [[archaeologist]]s as the "Syrian tunic" and appears in artifacts such as an ivory engraving from [[Tel Megiddo|Megiddo]] dating to 1200 BC.<ref name=Twair/><ref name=Oneal>{{cite web|author=Denise O'Neal|date=September–October 2005|title=Threads of Tradition:An Exhibition of Palestinian Folk Dress at Antiochian Village|publisher=Palestine Heritage Association|url=http://www.palestineheritage.org/Threads%20of%20Tradition_Antiochian%20Museum.htm|access-date=December 6, 2012|archive-date=September 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927010609/http://www.palestineheritage.org/Threads%20of%20Tradition_Antiochian%20Museum.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Until the 1940s, traditional Palestinian costumes reflected a woman's economic and marital status and her town or district of origin, with knowledgeable observers discerning this information from the [[fabric]], colours, [[Cut (clothing)|cut]], and [[embroidery]] motifs (or lack thereof) used in the apparel.<ref name=Grutz>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199101/woven.legacy.woven.language.htm|author=Jane Waldron Grutz|date=January–February 1991|title=Woven Legacy, Woven Language|magazine=Saudi Aramco World|access-date=December 6, 2012|archive-date=February 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219004053/http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199101/woven.legacy.woven.language.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Due to the difficulty of travel in the 19th century, villages in Palestine remained isolated. As a result, clothing and accessories became a statement of region. In Ramallah, the back panels of dresses often incorporated a palm tree motif embroidered in cross-stitch.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palestineheritage.org/Newsletter_July_2005.htm |title=Heritage Newsletter of the Palestinian Heritage Foundation Volume 6 |publisher=Palestineheritage.org |access-date=November 13, 2011 |archive-date=September 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929234755/http://www.palestineheritage.org/Newsletter_July_2005.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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File:Ramallah-Family-1905.jpg|[[Cristian Palestinians|Cristian]] family from Ramallah wearing typical Palestinian Ottoman-period clothing, c. 1905
File:Ramallah woman2.jpg|Young woman of Ramallah wearing [[dowry]] headdress, c. 1898–1914 ([[American Colony]] Collection)
File:Ramlah costumewo.jpg|Ramallah woman, c. 1920 ([[The Matson Photo Service]])
File:Arabic-traditional-Dress.jpg|Traditional Women's Dress in Ramallah. [[Khalil Raad]], c. 1920.
File:American Colony, Ramallah peasant spinning wool 18417-020u.jpg|A man from Ramallah [[Spinning (textiles)|spinning wool]]. Hand tinted photograph from 1919, restored ([[American Colony]] Collection)
File:OIMpalcost1.jpg|Ramallah dress at the Oriental Institute Museum
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