100
pali
women
Documenting care, cultural memory, and community through gathering.
100 Pali Women's very first gathering
The Project
100 Palestinian Women is a community-based participatory art project that brings together 100 people to celebrate connection, culture, and joy. Centered on the shared practice of preparing Warak Dawali (grape leaves), the project creates space for storytelling, conversation, and collective care.
As daily life becomes increasingly demanding, time for community and cultural connection becomes harder to hold. This project honors women as caretakers and carriers of cultural memory, transforming a familiar tradition into a space for gathering and resiliance.
The Sessions
Five gatherings will take place at Bint Jamila's Table Studio, a Palestinian women-owned space in Milwaukee.
Each session welcomes participants to roll grape leaves together, share stories, and spend time in community. Whether you've rolled grape leaves for years or are learning for the first time, all levels of experience are welcome. Participants are welcome to leave with the grape leaves they prepared together.
The Gatherings
Across five sessions of 100 Palestinian Women, time gathers differently, slower and fuller, shaped by hands rolling Warak Dawali, voices moving between stories, and 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.
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Taken during the First Intifada, a woman picking grapes and grapes leaves in Ramallah.
Photographed by Joss Dray
