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2025 Course List, Information, & Registration

Note: Courses are displayed in chronological order. Some additional courses may be added in Fall 2025.
Priority for new course registration is always open first to current & former students.

Young Trumpeter

The Thobe Project - Winter 2025 Cohort

In this 20 month course, you will receive support and instruction for creating your first thobe in accordance with ancestral Palestinian practices. Please see the objectives of the course in the 'About the Course' section. No sewing machine or sewing experience is required.

Price

Duration

$450

20 Months

Tennis Balls and Racket

The Tahriri Series - Winter 2025

Learn the best techniques for adorning your hand made pieces and thobe with the stitching style made famous in Bethlehem centuries ago. Explore tahriri stitching throughout the 19th and 20th centuries in Palestine and take your skills from beginner to advanced with both live instruction and pre-recorded tutorials.

Price

Duration

$155

3 Weeks

The Baby Thobe Project - Summer 2025 Cohort

Make a toddler to child sized thobe. This course includes instruction for pattern sizes 2T-8 years old. Construction techniques and decorative stitches covered differ from The Thobe Project course to ensure continual learning is supported across all courses. No sewing experience or machine are required.

Price

Duration

$480

16 Weeks

The Tahriri Series - Fall 2025

Learn the best techniques for adorning your hand made pieces and thobe with the stitching style made famous in Bethlehem centuries ago. Explore tahriri stitching throughout the 19th and 20th centuries in Palestine and take your skills from beginner to advanced with both live instruction and pre-recorded tutorials.

Price

Duration

$155

3 Weeks

Modern Dance

The Baby Thobe Project - Winter 2025 Cohort

Make a toddler to child sized thobe. This course includes instruction for pattern sizes 2T-8 years old. Construction techniques and decorative stitches covered differ from The Thobe Project course to ensure continual learning is supported across all courses. No sewing experience or machine are required.

Price

Duration

$480

16 Weeks

Baking Cream

Belt-Making Class - April 2025

In this course, learn how to make a Saya belt to beautifully compliment a current thobe project you may be working on or even to add a hint of our beautiful Palestinian heritage to any garment. No sewing machine or sewing experience is required. Materials not included, but a materials kit can be added.

Price

Duration

$65

2.5 Hours

Belt Making Class - June 2025

In this course, learn how to make a Saya belt to beautifully compliment a current thobe project you may be working on or even to add a hint of our beautiful Palestinian heritage to any garment. No sewing machine or sewing experience is required. Materials not included, but a materials kit can be added.

Price

Duration

$65

2.5 Hours

Arts and Crafts

The Jerusalem Thobe Project [One Time Offering]

This will be a remake of a historic Jerusalem Thobe known as Thobe Abu Qutbeh, remade with the finest materials available to most closely resemble the materials of our ancestors. This course will be conducted in a stitch-along format. Materials kits will be made available at cost to practitioners.

Price

Duration

18-20 Months

The Thobe Project - Summer 2025 Cohort

In this 20 month course, you will receive support and instruction for creating your first thobe in accordance with ancestral Palestinian practices. Please see the objectives of the course in the 'About the Course' section. No sewing machine or sewing experience is required.

Price

Duration

$450

20 Months

Cutting Clay

The Tahriri Series - Summer 2025

Learn the best techniques for adorning your hand made pieces and thobe with the stitching style made famous in Bethlehem centuries ago. Explore tahriri stitching throughout the 19th and 20th centuries in Palestine and take your skills from beginner to advanced with both live instruction and pre-recorded tutorials.

Price

Duration

$155

3 Weeks

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