Ramallah - Summer Dress Ramallah - Summer Dress

Ramallah dresses are well known for their wine-red cross-stitch, embroidered on hand-loomed linen called roumi. The town Ramallah, whose name means ‘the hill of God’ in Arabic, is known as a popular summer resort for Palestine and neighboring Arab countries. Dresses in Ramallah change color by season; for summer, women use white linen, and in winter, black. The embroidery is based on geometric patterns, and is placed all over, including on the back. One can distinguish the back of a Ramallah dress by the palm tree pattern on it.