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Traditional Handicrafts Co-operative Saturday 9 March 2019, 3.00pm St Mary’s Church, The Street, Frensham GU10 3EA  The Women of Hebron co-operative provides work for women in the Idna district of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The women produce beautiful hand-woven and hand-embroidered traditional rugs, cushion covers and other handicrafts, which they sell in the Old Hebron market. The initiative creates work and hope for some 120 women and their families in a city which is frequently at the centre of tensions and violence.
Laila Hasan, co-founder of the co-operative, will be speaking about their work and achievements as a form of grassroots, peaceful resistance to occupation and oppression. There will also be the opportunity to purchase some of these lovely artisan products.
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