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A fedora from the Thriving Together collection
Lebanese-Palestinian designer Kinda Afifi lives in Dubai. All photos: Kinda Afifi
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Proceeds from her latest collection, It's Called Palestine, will be donated to Tarahum for Gaza
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The We Will Return T-shirt features the Palestinian key of return, this one influenced by the one owned by the designer's grandparents
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Afifi's past product lines include bucket hats from By The Coast collection
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A hat titled The Bruised One
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A T-shirt from the No Bad Blood collection
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A fedora from the Thriving Together collection
Lebanese-Palestinian designer Kinda Afifi lives in Dubai. All photos: Kinda Afifi
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Proceeds from her latest collection, It's Called Palestine, will be donated to Tarahum for Gaza
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The We Will Return T-shirt features the Palestinian key of return, this one influenced by the one owned by the designer's grandparents
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Afifi's past product lines include bucket hats from By The Coast collection
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A hat titled The Bruised One
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A T-shirt from the No Bad Blood collection
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A fedora from the Thriving Together collection
Lebanese-Palestinian designer empowers refugee women one stitch at a time
Kinda Afifi’s handcrafted designs carry messages of hope, power, love and belonging told through traditional embroidery
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Fatima Al Mahmoud
27 November, 2023
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