100
pali
women
Documenting care, cultural memory, and community through gathering.
A Palestinian woman picking grapes,
in the town of Ein Yabrud, 1937.
Photographed by Joss Dray
The Project
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“100 Palestinian Women” is a community-based participatory art project by
Amal Azzam that brings together Palestinian women to celebrate connection, culture, and joy. The project centers on preparing Warak Dawali (grape leaves),
a traditional Palestinian dish, as a shared practice of storytelling, conversation,
and care.
As daily life becomes increasingly demanding, time for community and cultural connection becomes harder to hold. This project highlights women as caretakers and carriers of collective memory, transforming a familiar cultural practice into a space of gathering, presence, and resilience.
Across five gatherings in Milwaukee, approximately 20 women per session will come together in community spaces to prepare food, share stories, and connect through conversation. Each gathering is documented through photography and video, forming a visual record of collective care and cultural continuity.
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The Sessions
“100 Palestinian Women” takes place across five gatherings in Milwaukee, all hosted at Bint Jamila’s Table Studio, a Palestinian women-owned space.
Each gathering brings together approximately 20 participants for a shared cooking practice centered on Warak Dawali (grape leaves). Participants prepare food together and spend time in conversation.
Each session follows a simple rhythm of arrival, preparation, gathering, and closing. The space is held for presence, interaction, and collective making.
The gatherings are documented through photography and video with consent, forming an ongoing visual record of the project as it unfolds.
The Gatherings
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These images hold what unfolds when women gather.
Across five sessions of 100 Palestinian Women, time gathers differently, slower and fuller, shaped by hands preparing Warak Dawali, by voices moving between stories, by the quiet rhythm of care shared in common space.
What appears here is not only what was made, but what was felt: the warmth of presence, the texture of repetition, and the intimacy of collective attention.
Alongside these gatherings, behind the scenes moments trace the quiet making of the project, small gestures, preparation, and the in between spaces where community forms itself.
Together, these fragments become an archive of gathering, of memory held in motion, of culture carried through touch, and of women creating space for one another to arrive.
Gathering #1
Gathering #4
Gathering #2
Gathering #5
Gathering #3
Behind the Scenes
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- 100 Pali WomenBint Jamila's Table Studio
