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Qamis: Fragments of Dress — Nov 2026
@nournajemdesigns and @guilaineelias

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A peek into the kitchen madness @imadafram @themaltgalleryexp 🍽️💥

Dinner for WEAVE: From Thread to Fabric in collaboration with @thisisfragmenta

🎥 @noelakiki
Edited by @christophe_akiki taken in Beirut, Lebanon by @thisisfragmenta

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Beit Chabeb, May 2026.

This photograph shows the Tirki Dima factory.

We’re looking into what happened to the Dima weaving technique after the last looms were abandoned during the Civil War.

The building is now being turned into a museum. The machines are held by the Beit Chabeb municipality. The people who worked there are now too old to continue working.

The building remains. The machines remain. The people who knew how to use them are no longer working.

What interests us is what happened to the knowledge that connected all three.

Qamīs: Fragments of Dress
Fragmenta N°2
Beirut · November 2026

co-founded and co-curated by @nournajemdesigns @guilaineelias
graphics by @studiosafar @mayamoumne @mia.akiki taken in Beit Chabeb by @thisisfragmenta

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We spent a day in the old souk of Damascus looking at traditional saye fabric and the craft behind its production.

Traditionally woven from silk and cotton, saye is associated with Damascus and Aleppo. Today, it is also made using viscose and cotton.

Saye is part of a wider regional textile tradition that includes Damascene brocades, damask fabrics and Ottoman moiré, each with its own materials, structures and surface effects.

Looking at these fabrics helps us understand the regional specialities that developed around textile production, and how materials and techniques have changed over time.

Qamīs: Fragments of Dress
Fragmenta N°2
Beirut · November 2026

co-founded and co-curated by @nournajemdesigns @guilaineelias
graphics by @studiosafar @mayamoumne @mia.akiki taken in Damascus, Syria by @thisisfragmenta

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Cotton, Fleur du Liban.

This is Gossypium herbaceum, commonly known as Levant cotton, photographed while researching natural fibres native to the region.

We were surprised to discover how deeply cotton cultivation was rooted in Lebanon. The Beit Chabeb Dima factories reportedly grew their own cotton. Samples examined by the Textile Museum in Lyon also indicate that the clothes of the 700-year-old Maronite mummies of Hadath El Jebbeh were made from cotton grown in the Qadisha Valley.

From the plant, the process continues through the extraction and spinning of fibres into thread, before reaching the loom.

@fleursduliban

Qamīs: Fragments of Dress
Fragmenta N°2
Beirut · November 2026

co-founded and co-curated by @nournajemdesigns @guilaineelias
graphics by @studiosafar @mayamoumne @mia.akiki by @thisisfragmenta

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This photograph comes from the Arida family archive.

It shows Georges, Sleiman and Joseph Arida at the family factory in Tripoli, where the family was involved in spinning and weaving.

The Arida brothers entered the textile industry in 1928, among the early families to establish textile production in Tripoli.

Can you recognize Rashid Karami and Camille Chamoun in the photographs?

During the Second World War, the Arida brothers produced uniforms, tents and other supplies for the British Army.

This is one of the family archives we’ve been looking at to understand the people, factories and networks behind Lebanon’s textile industry.

Qamīs: Fragments of Dress
Fragmenta N°2
Beirut · November 2026

@joearida.co

co-founded and co-curated by @nournajemdesigns @guilaineelias
graphics @studiosafar @mayamoumne @mia.akiki by @thisisfragmenta

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A look back at a beautiful evening at @themaltgalleryexp for WEAVE: From Thread to Fabric by @thisisfragmenta

It was a pleasure collaborating with @thisisfragmenta @nournajemdesigns @guilaineelias alongside @imadafram to create this culinary experience— bringing together food, art, craft and conversation around the table.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and made the evening special !

📸 @noelakiki taken in Beirut, Lebanon by @thisisfragmenta

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From cotton flower bolls to thread, thread to cloth, cloth to pattern, pattern to garment.

Each stage changes the material.

The fibre is spun.
The thread is tensioned.
The cloth is woven.
The fabric is cut.
The pieces are joined.

We’ve been following this sequence through the Library of Congress archive of G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection of the Arab Women’s Union of Ramallah between 1934 and 1939, documenting the traditional tools, materials and decisions involved at each stage. by @thisisfragmenta

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للقماش الذي نرتديه حكاية سبقت وصوله إلينا. مرَّ يوماً بين أصابع تعرف أسرار الخيط والآلة، وحمل معه شيئاً من أعمار أصحابها.

في آخر مصانع النسيج اللبنانية، لا تزال الآلات تدور، ولا تزال أيدٍ تحفظ خبرة صناعة انحسرت مصانعها وبقيت ذاكرتها. من مصنع "كاتبه"، يبدأ مشروع "قميص" لمنصة "فراغمنتا" البحث في ما بقي من هذه الصناعة، وفي المعارف والحِرف التي يمكن أن تجد لها عمراً آخر.

مادتي في "الشرق الأوسط"
المقال كاملاً عبر 🔗 في البايو.

🇱🇧 #لبنان
📍 #بيروت
🎨 #ثقافة
🏛️ #تراث
📰 #صحيفة_الشرق_الأوسط taken in Al Hadath, Mont-Liban, Lebanon by @thisisfragmenta

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بعدما كان للبنان إرثه الخاص في النسيج والحياكة، تصارع اليوم هذه الصناعة للبقاء والاستمرار. وحدها ماكينات معمل كاتبه لم تصدأ عجلاتها بعد، لتبقى الشاهدة الأخيرة على حقبةٍ تاريخية أوصلت البلاد إلى العالمية في مجال النسيج.

يفتح هذا المعمل أبوابه اليوم لـ Fragmenta، فتطرق الأخيرة باب الذاكرة وتروي معرفةً مهددة بالاختفاء، واضعةً النسيج المحلّي في متناول 50 مصمماً ضمن معرضها Qamis.

إعداد نور يزبك by @thisisfragmenta

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A few of the things on our table while researching textile history and techniques.

Weaving, cuts, colours, embroideries, crochet, symbols, tools and samples.

We’ve been looking at ancestral know-how and artisanal techniques, comparing how they were made in the past with how similar processes are approached today. The tools may have evolved, but many of the basic principles remain the same.

These materials, objects and techniques are helping us trace the knowledge behind dress, from the way a textile is made to how it is cut, assembled and finished.

Part of the research for Qamīs: Fragments of Dress.

Fragmenta N°2
Beirut · November 2026

co-founded and co-curated by @nournajemdesigns @guilaineelias

graphics @studiosafar @mayamoumne @mia.akiki by @thisisfragmenta

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Every table begins with those who gather around it.

A meeting of food and art.
Of different hands and perspectives.
Of conversations that can only happen once.

Take your place at the table. Few seats left.
September 24 · 7.30pm
The Malt Gallery, Saifi

Reserve on 03 144 664

@husseinhadid @imadafram @themaltgalleryexp @raffijalakian99

Co- founded and co- curated by @nournajemdesigns @guilaineelias

graphics @studiosafar @mia.akiki @mayamoumne by @thisisfragmenta

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Look closely at these seams and embroideries.

They reinforce areas of friction, tension, wear and potential tearing.

We found this example in old Palestinian dresses from the N. Majdalani collection.

The construction shows a careful consideration of movement, durability and repair. Areas most exposed to wear were reinforced and, in some cases, covered with embroidery, allowing the garment to be maintained and used over time.

@kamatopia @dikkenelmazraa

Qamīs: Fragments of Dress
Fragmenta N°2
Beirut · November 2026

co-created and co-curated by @nournajemdesigns @guilaineelias
graphics @studiosafar @mayamoumne @mia.akiki by @thisisfragmenta

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