Exhibition “Leather and Henna”

Young Talents from a Workshop with Artist Nabil Anani
Opening: Tuesday, August 26, 13:00 
Location: the Palestinian Museum

The Palestinian Museum invites you to an exhibition showcasing the creative works of emerging artists who participated in the “Leather and Henna” workshop with artist Nabil Anani.
Discover the outcomes of this three-day workshop and explore artworks created with leather and henna as primary materials, alongside other natural elements, in a journey that reflects the depth of craftsmanship and the joy of engaging with Palestine’s natural environment.

This exhibition features 16 artists from across historic Palestine, coming from Jerusalem, Shuafat, Ramallah, Sinjil, Birzeit, ‘Aroura, Jericho, Bethlehem, Nablus, al-‘Eizariya, and Acre.

The exhibition opens at the Palestinian Museum on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at noon, and will run for one week.

Workshop outcomes

“Leather and Henna” Exhibition
She Carried… Villages’ Memory

Yasmeen Amous

Made of leather and charcoal, the work portrays the Palestinian woman as the keeper of village memory and its old architecture, inspired by the folk song Shalat Shalat. Woman and village blend into one, in dialogue between oral heritage and visual art.

“Leather and Henna” Exhibition
Goddess of the Spring

Yaqeen Yamani

Inspired by the ongoing photographic project In Flow with Water around Ain al-Sultan in Jericho, believed to embody a sacred feminine presence and a sanctuary for prayers. In this work, the artist envisions the goddess, inscribing the prayers once recited by women for fertility and marriage.

“Leather and Henna” Exhibition
Harvest

Celine Obeid

She ploughed and sowed, watered and reaped—and now carries the harvest of a lifetime: a generation, a memory.