A living map
A visual entry to the villages of the Gaza district and their connected stitches and stories.
New documentary page
A sourced guide to fallahi and akeedeh stitches, the Gaza qilada, Majdal textiles and embroidery placement.
Choose a name or marker to fly to its real coordinate. Unverified localities remain in the directory without a marker.
Research reference: The Palestine Land Society map is used only as a research reference and is not displayed as a layer without written permission.
Memory of place
Search by village name to discover its landscape, community life, agriculture, routes and connection to Gaza’s embroidery memory.
Gaza subdistrict
Place and history
It stood on a hill overlooking farmland in the southern coastal plain, with local roads connecting it to the Majdal–Gaza road and nearby villages. Farming and poultry were central, with grain and fruit grown and orchards watered from wells.