People are the living archive.

Al-Jiyya appears on the pre-1948 administrative maps of the Gaza subdistrict as a Palestinian village, its people displaced on 5 November 1948. No source available to us attributes a specific embroidery stitch to the village, so this entry documents place and history rather than craft.

Pre-1948 population: 1,230

A coastal village once counted within the administrative Gaza subdistrict, Al-Jura was depopulated on 5 November 1948. Available sources do not link it to a particular embroidery stitch, so the record here is limited to name and history.

Pre-1948 population: 2,420

One of the larger villages of the Gaza subdistrict, Al-Masmiyya was recorded on Mandate-era maps before its people were displaced on 9 July 1948. We hold no source attributing a particular stitch to the village, so this entry documents place rather than craft.

Pre-1948 population: 2,520

Al-Sawafir entered the administrative record of the Gaza subdistrict before 1948; its depopulation is dated to 18 May 1948. Available sources attribute no specific stitch to the village, so this reading remains a record of place, not a description of craft.

Pre-1948 population: 1,030

Bayt Daras was among the more populous villages of the Gaza subdistrict before 1948, its people displaced on 10 May 1948. Available sources carry no attribution of a specific stitch to the village, so the documentation here is limited to name and date.

Pre-1948 population: 2,750

Bayt Tima is known from the British Mandate maps of the Gaza subdistrict; its depopulation, dated 18 October 1948, came among the area's last waves of displacement. No available source attributes a particular stitch to the village.

Pre-1948 population: 1,060

Burayr was a large agricultural village recorded within the Gaza subdistrict, its people displaced on 13 May 1948. We found no attribution of a particular stitch to the village in available sources, so this entry documents place rather than craft.

Pre-1948 population: 2,740

Dayr Sunayd was one of the smaller villages of the administrative Gaza subdistrict, its people displaced on 1 November 1948. Available sources attribute no specific stitch to the village, so only the name and date are documented here.

Pre-1948 population: 730

Hamama was one of the larger villages by population in the Gaza subdistrict, its people displaced on 28 October 1948. Available sources attribute no specific stitch to the village. The 1945 statistics also record a small Jewish population share alongside the Palestinian majority.

Pre-1948 population: 5,070

Hulayqat was a small village recorded within the administrative Gaza subdistrict, its people displaced on 13 May 1948. No available source attributes a particular stitch to the village, so this entry is limited to place and date.

Pre-1948 population: 420