Mounira Al Solh « Threads: Breathing Stories into Materials» and Khalil Rabah « Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery » featured by Emma Crichton-Miller | via Financial Times, August 25, 2023
"That achievement of complexity or sophistication from humble means is one that echoes through the history of embroidery. For Kettle’s Yard’s current exhibition in Cambridge, Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery (until October 29), the curator and art historian Rachel Dedman has united examples of the highly decorated dresses through which Palestinian women traditionally identified themselves. Through their needlework, the women are fighting against the obliteration of memory, history and a sense of place, embodied in localised traditions of embroidery. Alongside historic pieces are artworks by contemporary artists such as Mona Hatoum, Khalil Rabah, Mounira Al Solh, Aya Haidar, Majd Abdel-Hamid and Maeve Brennan which honour the craft’s potent legacy."