Commons Cafe "Embroidery Making under Occupation and Women's Independence in Palestine"
TUFiSCo will organize Commons Cafe "Embroidery Making under Occupation and Women's Independence in Palestine," inviting Maki Yamamoto, the organizer of the Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project/ a doctoral student at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. This event featured a talk session on the activities of women in Palestine, who continue to practice embroidery under Israeli occupation, and a workshop on Palestinian embroidery. Participation only in the talk session is also welcome. Please feel free to join us.
Details
●Date：Wednesday, December 17, 2025 15:00-17:30
●Venue：405 Commons Lab, 4F, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, TUFS
●Language：Japanese
●Admission：Free
●Pre-registration：If you want to participate in the embroidery workshop session, register from here（Capacity for workshop: 15 person; on a first-come, first-served basis; Deadline: 12/15). Pre-registration is not required to participate only in the talk session.
●Contact：tufisco-office[at]tufs.ac.jp（※Change [at]to@）
●Organizer：TUFS Field Science Commons（TUFiSCo）
Program
| 15:00-15:10 | Introduction |
| 15:10-15:50 | Talk Session "Embroidery Making under Occupation and Women's Independence in Palestine" YAMAMOTO Maki（Organizer of the Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project/ Doctoral Student at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology） |
| 15:50-16:00 | Break Time |
| 16:00-17:30 | Palestinian Embroidery Workshop |
Speaker
Maki Yamamoto
Organizer of the Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project/ doctoral student at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. She is also a licenced pharmacist and a Natori tional dance. After working at a cosmetics maker, she is supporting Palestine by making Japanese obis adorned with Palestinian embroidery by local women. In 2025, she was awarded the Foreign Minister's Commendation for her efforts to promote cultural exchanges between Japan and Palestine.